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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Gets Some Research Respect

Posted on October 01, 2008

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is often the overlooked stepchild in modern psychotherapeutic circles. While still regularly taught and practiced, it s a therapeutic style that s largely fallen out of favor in the U.S. with the rise of shorter-term therapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which typically have a stronger research base. New research published yesterday in JAMA (the Journal of the American Medical Association) suggests that, in a large-scale meta-analysis of 23 previously published studies on the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy, it can be a very effective therapeu...

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