(2) how to spot hype in the field of psychotherapy - MEICHENBAUM AND
LILENFELD:
describe different signs of psychotherapy hype that reflect "research and evidence
flags":
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14. Advocated maintain that their treatment approach is "evidence based"
because it has met a low criterion for evidence
15. Advocates do not present a critical account of the scientific validity, or
theoretical basis, for the effectiveness of of the proposed treatment
16. Advocated routinely resort to multiple implausible "ad hoc hypotheses"
(after the fact excuses or loopholes) to explain away negative findings
17. Advocates compare their favored approach with "weak" comparison
groups, that is, "intent to fail" conditions, which are virtually guaranteed to
yield null or weak effects
18. Advocates do not report on or acknowledge potential allegiance
effects, that is, positive outcomes that depend on whether the primary
investigator was favorably disposed to the intervention, or on who
conducted outcome studies
19. Advocates do not independently determine whether the treatment
, rationale offered to the alternative treatment and control groups was as
credible as for the advocated treatment
(2) how to spot hype in the field of psychotherapy - MEICHENBAUM AND
LILENFELD:
describe different signs of psychotherapy hype that reflect "promotion and marketing
red flags"
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, Promotion and marketing red flags:
1. Advocates of the therapeutic approach routinely advance greatly
exaggerated and often unsubstantiated claims
2. Advocates inform patients that "if this treatment does not help you, then
nothing else will"
3. Advocated advance claims that one can - or needs to - learn the
technique from a "master"
4. Advocated rely heavily on the endorsement of presumed leaders in the
field, often without offering references to support such endorsements
5. Advocated establish a coterie of trainers and perhaps an international
organization to promote the treatment
6. Advocated provide a certificate or diploma indicating that one has taken
the training and can call oneself an X therapist
7. Followers of the treatment are insular (ignorant or uninterested in other
things)
8. Advocates make frequent use of "psychobabble", psychological verbiage
that sounds scientific but in fact contains little or no content, to market their
treatment approach
9. Advocates liberally use "neurobabble" and naive biological reductionism
to promoter their treatment approach
10. Advocates are defensive and thin-skinned about their approach
11. Advocates rely extensively on anecdotal evidence at the expense of
controlled outcome data
12. The treatment claims are marked by an absence of clear boundary
conditions
13. Advocates maintain that their intervention is "evidence based",
"empirically supported", or "empirically validated", but they define
"evidence" broadly and subjectively
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LILENFELD:
describe different signs of psychotherapy hype that reflect "research and evidence
flags":
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14. Advocated maintain that their treatment approach is "evidence based"
because it has met a low criterion for evidence
15. Advocates do not present a critical account of the scientific validity, or
theoretical basis, for the effectiveness of of the proposed treatment
16. Advocated routinely resort to multiple implausible "ad hoc hypotheses"
(after the fact excuses or loopholes) to explain away negative findings
17. Advocates compare their favored approach with "weak" comparison
groups, that is, "intent to fail" conditions, which are virtually guaranteed to
yield null or weak effects
18. Advocates do not report on or acknowledge potential allegiance
effects, that is, positive outcomes that depend on whether the primary
investigator was favorably disposed to the intervention, or on who
conducted outcome studies
19. Advocates do not independently determine whether the treatment
, rationale offered to the alternative treatment and control groups was as
credible as for the advocated treatment
(2) how to spot hype in the field of psychotherapy - MEICHENBAUM AND
LILENFELD:
describe different signs of psychotherapy hype that reflect "promotion and marketing
red flags"
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, Promotion and marketing red flags:
1. Advocates of the therapeutic approach routinely advance greatly
exaggerated and often unsubstantiated claims
2. Advocates inform patients that "if this treatment does not help you, then
nothing else will"
3. Advocated advance claims that one can - or needs to - learn the
technique from a "master"
4. Advocated rely heavily on the endorsement of presumed leaders in the
field, often without offering references to support such endorsements
5. Advocated establish a coterie of trainers and perhaps an international
organization to promote the treatment
6. Advocated provide a certificate or diploma indicating that one has taken
the training and can call oneself an X therapist
7. Followers of the treatment are insular (ignorant or uninterested in other
things)
8. Advocates make frequent use of "psychobabble", psychological verbiage
that sounds scientific but in fact contains little or no content, to market their
treatment approach
9. Advocates liberally use "neurobabble" and naive biological reductionism
to promoter their treatment approach
10. Advocates are defensive and thin-skinned about their approach
11. Advocates rely extensively on anecdotal evidence at the expense of
controlled outcome data
12. The treatment claims are marked by an absence of clear boundary
conditions
13. Advocates maintain that their intervention is "evidence based",
"empirically supported", or "empirically validated", but they define
"evidence" broadly and subjectively
PAA is an association that...
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