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Dodo birds, doctors and the evidence of evidence
Author(s) -
Freddi Jason
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.174
Subject(s) - evidence based practice , scientific evidence , outcome (game theory) , psychology , psychotherapist , best evidence , best practice , evidence based medicine , epistemology , alternative medicine , medline , medicine , philosophy , medical education , law , political science , economics , mathematical economics , pathology
Abstract This paper asks what is evidence‐based psychology and looks at the ways in which psychoanalysts have sought to engage with the challenges posed by this method of deciding best science. The paper examines the evidence for the evidence‐based method and looks at how psychoanalysts have attempted to shift the scientific debate from evidence‐based models to practice‐based, outcome driven models and, ultimately, to a patient‐therapy approach that seeks to marry best practice with a spirit of open‐minded assessment of alternatives. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.