On Some Recent Claims for the Efficacy of Cognitive Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Sturmey, Peter

doi:10.1111/j.1468-3148.2006.00301.x

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“…We do agree with Sturmey (2004Sturmey ( , 2006b) that the overall research literature base remains weak in the psychotherapy area. Much of Sturmey's position is based on a continuing misunderstanding of the definition of psychotherapy.…”

Section: Prout and Nowak-drabik (2003)supporting

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Psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities: a review of effectiveness research

Prout

Browning

2011

Adv Mental Hlth Intell Disabil

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/ authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide an update on the effectiveness of psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities.Design/methodology/approach -This paper focused on summarizing the conclusions of other reviews published in the last ten years, including a recent review by the authors.Findings -The paper concludes that there is evidence that psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities is at least moderately effective. Further, there is evidence of effectiveness of psychotherapy for both child and adolescent, and adult populations. There is also evidence that a range of therapeutic interventions are effective and that a spectrum of problems can be addressed via psychotherapy.Research limitations/implications -This area has received relatively little attention in the research literature and the area lacks a large base of methodologically sound and rigorous studies. There is a need for well-designed studies, particularly randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and a need for better specification of treatments (e.g. manualized), better outcome measures, and clearer specification of diagnostic categories within the intellectual disability population.Practical implications -This review provides continued support for the use of psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities.Originality/value -This review appears to represent the most current overview of research in this area.The effectiveness of psychotherapy has long been an issue of debate among mental-health researchers and professionals. With increasing utilization of psychotropic medications to treat a wide range of mental disorders, there is even more pressure to identify effective treatments that offer advantages over medication or enhance the effectiveness of medical treatments. Psychotherapy outcome studies have become the focal point of these debates.The early research views on the effectiveness of psychotherapy were not very positive. Eysenck (1952) published a classic and controversial review on the effectiveness of psychotherapy with adults, mostly described as neurotic. He reviewed a number of studies and concluded that the number of individuals who improved with treatment ...

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Section: Prout and Nowak-drabik (2003)supporting

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Psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities: a review of effectiveness research

Prout

Browning

2011

Adv Mental Hlth Intell Disabil

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“…The general principles behind treating individuals with ID and comorbid mental illness are not distinct from treating clients ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN TREATING ID whose cognitive functioning falls in the average range (Bernet & Dulcan, 1999;Whitehouse et al, 2006). Indeed, a number of conventional psychotherapeutic techniques have been shown to be effective in treating a wide array of psychiatric disorders in patients with ID (Willner, 2005; but see also Sturmey, 2005Sturmey, , 2006. As such, rather than wholly altering or departing from their standard practice procedures, mental health professionals should make reasonable amendments or accommodations to facilitate appropriate care (Bernet & Dulcan, 1999;Dosen, 2007;Hurley, Tomasulo, & Pfadt, 1998).…”

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Ethical Challenges in the Treatment of Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities

Adams

Boyd

2010

Ethics & Behavior

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“…There has been intense debate over the last decade about the relationship between "cognitive" and "behavioural" variables in the treatment of people with ID (Taylor et al, 2013): Sturmey (2006) has questioned the assertion that there is a sufficient evidence base to justify the widespread use of cognitive therapy with people with ID. He pointed out that in making the case for cognitive therapy with this population, a number of inappropriate assertions and errors have been made in the literature concerning behaviour analysis.…”

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Third generation behavioural therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders: review and trajectories

Leoni¹,

Corti

Cavagnola³

2015

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is mainly to present a general review of third generation cognitive-behavioural therapies (CBTs), and to debate whether these approaches are applicable to persons with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). Design/methodology/approach – Despite the lack of consistent literature focused on this population, the authors have considered the available general literature on the third generation of CBTs and analysed core issues of the processes within the context of intellectual disabilities and Autism spectrum disorder. Findings – The evidence from typical developing population studies and the emerging literature specific to people with NDD is convincing, but there is a need for studies exploring how and when these therapeutic approaches can be applicable. Two behavioural approaches of third generation therapies – acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness-based CBT – appear to have the most potential to be adapted for robust intervention for the broad spectrum of persons with NDD. Research limitations/implications – The number of studies and methodologies applied are a clear limitation and the present paper is only exploratory. Originality/value – The paper supports clinicians to use the emerging protocols, and to replicate and implement procedures and techniques.

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On Some Recent Claims for the Efficacy of Cognitive Therapy for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Cited by 57 publications

References 60 publications

Psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities: a review of effectiveness research

Psychotherapy with persons with intellectual disabilities: a review of effectiveness research

Ethical Challenges in the Treatment of Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities

Third generation behavioural therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders: review and trajectories

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