Psychological treatment versus nonspecific factors: A meta-analysis of conditions that engender comparable expectations for improvement

Barker, Susan L. R.; Funk, Steven C.; Houston, B. Kent

doi:10.1016/0272-7358(88)90082-7

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“…A body of literature has now been amassed with predictable results: Patients in so-called placebo control groups typically show greater improvement than patients who are assigned to a wait list or no-treatment control group (e.g., Barker, Funk, & Houston, 1988;Bowers & Clum, 1988;Dush, 1986;Prioleau, Murdock, & Brody, 1983;Sheperd, 1984). Indeed, a variety of placebo treatments that emphasize the usual common factors, such as expectations for change, a prescription for activity, discussion, attention, and warmth, yield substantial effect sizes across a variety of disorders, but fail to benefit patients to the degree that active therapies do.…”

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Early response in psychotherapy: Further evidence for the importance of common factors rather than “placebo effects”

Lambert

2005

J. Clin. Psychol.

143

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Evidence is presented demonstrating that placebo control groups benefit more from psychotherapy than no-treatment control groups but less than patients who receive theory-driven treatments. Through a brief review of the results of comparative outcome studies, studies which compare patient outcomes for those seen by trainees or paraprofessionals versus professional therapists and those which show an early response of a sizable portion of patients, a case is made for the powerful effects of common factors in psychotherapy. The early response phenomenon has proposed another challenge to the unique effects of specific psychotherapies and to the wisdom of emphasizing the causative effects of specific techniques in the treatment of specific disorders.

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Section: The Effect Of Placebo Controlsmentioning

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Early response in psychotherapy: Further evidence for the importance of common factors rather than “placebo effects”

Lambert

2005

J. Clin. Psychol.

143

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“…In this regard, the psychotherapy outcome literature reveals that part of the benefits of therapy relate to placebo effects, and an additional aspect of improvement relates to the specific treatment effects (Barker, Funk, & Houston, 1988). In this regard, the psychotherapy outcome literature reveals that part of the benefits of therapy relate to placebo effects, and an additional aspect of improvement relates to the specific treatment effects (Barker, Funk, & Houston, 1988).…”

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Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Nurturing Hope

Snyder

1995

Jour of Counseling & Develop

656

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“…The importance of the relationship has been recognized by clinicians and researchers alike since the time of Freud's seminal work in the late 19th and early 20th century, to current research and meta-analyses that demonstrate a significant positive relationship between various process measures and treatment outcomes (Greenson 1965;Horvath and Bedi 2002). In fact, some research studies suggest common process factors in therapy demonstrate greater treatment effect sizes on long term outcomes than specific theoretical techniques (Barker et al 1988;Lambert and Barley 2001).…”

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Child Alliance Process Theory: A Qualitative Study of a Child Centred Therapeutic Alliance

Baylis

Collins

Coleman

2011

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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The therapeutic alliance has long been recognized as a central component of clinical work with adults, adolescents and children. Process research with adults has repeatedly demonstrated a robust association between measures of the alliance and outcomes in therapy, and research findings have coalesced around a central concept of an alliance. However, work with children and adolescents does not have the same breadth of investigation and its conceptual description has long relied upon adult models to guide clinical work and research endeavours. This paper presents findings from a qualitative study, informed by grounded theory, which explores children's experiences of their therapeutic relationship with a counsellor. Children's responses led to the development of The Child Alliance Process Theory, and is presented as a clinical template to help guide the development of a therapeutic alliance with children.

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Psychological treatment versus nonspecific factors: A meta-analysis of conditions that engender comparable expectations for improvement

Cited by 44 publications

References 38 publications

Early response in psychotherapy: Further evidence for the importance of common factors rather than “placebo effects”

Early response in psychotherapy: Further evidence for the importance of common factors rather than “placebo effects”

Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Nurturing Hope

Child Alliance Process Theory: A Qualitative Study of a Child Centred Therapeutic Alliance

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