Many mental health therapists use treatments that have little evidence to support them. A new multi-institution study led by Penn Medicine has found that an organization's culture and climate are better predictors of the use of evidence-based practices than an individual therapist's characteristics in the treatment of children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. The study, published in the February 16th issue of JAMA Pediatrics, is the first comprehensive investigation of its kind.
"Therapists employ many different treatment methods when working with young people, even though research indicates that evidence-based practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and family therapy are more effective than others, such as psychodynamic techniques," explains lead author, Rinad Beidas, PhD, assistant professor of Psychology in the department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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