... as a healing practice and professional service, psychotherapy is effective and highly cost-effective. In controlled trials and in clinical practice, psychotherapy results in benefits that markedly exceed those experienced by individuals who need mental health services but do not receive psychotherapy. Consequently, psychotherapy should be included in the health care system as an established evidence-based practice.
En palabras de Melba J. T. Vasquez, la ex-presidenta de la American Psychological Association que ha liderado el proyecto de revisión de la eficacia de la psicoterapia:
“Every day, consumers are bombarded with ads that tout drugs as the answer to their problems. Our goal is to help consumers weigh those messages with research-based information about how psychotherapy can provide them with safe, effective and long-lasting improvements in their mental and physical health".
Los documentos originales aquí:
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2012/08/resolution-psychotherapy.aspx
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2012/08/psychotherapy-effective.aspx
En palabras de Melba J. T. Vasquez, la ex-presidenta de la American Psychological Association que ha liderado el proyecto de revisión de la eficacia de la psicoterapia:
“Every day, consumers are bombarded with ads that tout drugs as the answer to their problems. Our goal is to help consumers weigh those messages with research-based information about how psychotherapy can provide them with safe, effective and long-lasting improvements in their mental and physical health".
Los documentos originales aquí:
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2012/08/resolution-psychotherapy.aspx
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2012/08/psychotherapy-effective.aspx
NOTA MENTAL: Tenemos razones sobradas para creer en nuestra profesión. La evidencia clínica de nuestra práctica cotidiana y la evidencia empírica de la investigación nos las confirman.
