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Interesting practitioners in training in empirically supported treatments: research reviews versus case studies
Author(s) -
Stewart Rebecca E.,
Chambless Dianne L.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20630
Subject(s) - psychology , inclusion (mineral) , clinical psychology , randomized controlled trial , cognition , applied psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , surgery
It has been repeatedly demonstrated that clinicians rely more on clinical judgment than on research findings. We hypothesized that psychologists in practice might be more open to adopting empirically supported treatments (ESTs) if outcome results were presented with a case study. Psychologists in private practice ( N =742) were randomly assigned to receive a research review of data from randomized controlled trials of cognitive‐behavioral treatment (CBT) and medication for bulimia, a case study of CBT for a fictional patient with bulimia, or both. Results indicated that the inclusion of case examples renders ESTs more compelling and interests clinicians in gaining training. Despite these participants' training in statistics, the inclusion of the statistical information had no influence on attitudes or training willingness beyond that of the anecdotal case information. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 66:1–23, 2010.