The case for evidence-based psychotherapy treatment guidelines

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Arguments for the development of psychotherapy treatment protocols are discussed. Psychotherapy can survive in a managed care environment only if evidence-based treatment guidelines are formulated. Numerous problems have to be surmounted in carrying out this task but its completion is very valuable. Psychotherapists must use clinically-controlled trials to document the effectivity of treatment procedures they prescribe to patients.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Psychotherapists

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Will reason prevail? From classic psychoanalysis to new age therapy

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Significant changes in the author's 45-50 years in psychotherapy are discussed. Topics include the predominance of psychoanalysis, the development of behavior therapy, eclecticism, biological psychiatry, brief psychodynamic therapy, changes in clientele, New Age therapists, and principles of scientific investigation.

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Psychotherapy of sexual dysfunction

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An overview is presented on current theories that form the basis on which treatments for sexual dysfunction are founded. Topics include identification and description of the human sexual response cycle, the importance of desire in sexual relations and problems inherent in patients who refute or ignore desire.

United States, Psychological aspects, Sexual disorders, Research, Sex (Psychology), Sexuality, Desire

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