scholarly journals Moving beyond the descriptive in psychotherapy research

2020 ◽  
pp. 103985622093614
Author(s):  
Steve Kisely
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Psychotherapy Research ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Effective Treatments

There are challenges to conducting randomised controlled trials in psychotherapy. This article therefore discusses methodological advances in applying this design to the field. The application of evidence-based practice to psychotherapy means that people with psychological problems, clinicians, health services and any third-party payers can confidently choose from a range of effective treatments that are best suited to an individual’s needs.

Evidence-Based Practice: The Cochrane Collaboration, and Occupational Therapy

1998 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Hayes ◽  
John J. McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Cochrane Collaboration ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
The Cochrane Collaboration

This paper describes how occupational therapists can become involved in the Cochrane Collaboration — a well-developed tool for facilitating the involvement of health professionals and lay people in evidence-based practice. The Cochrane Collaboration is a growing international project intended to systematically locate, conduct systematic reviews (including metaanalyses) of, and disseminate information on all available randomised controlled trials of interventions in any area of health. In particular, occupational therapists can use the Cochrane Collaboration to become better informed about best practice and evaluate research in their areas of interest, and learn skills related to conducting randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.

On the Decline of n = 1 Research in Behaviour Change: The Rise of the Evidence-Based Practice Movement as One Explanation for the Trend

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey N. Molloy ◽  
Gregory C. Murphy ◽  
Neville J. King
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Case Research ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Single Case Research ◽  
Randomised Controlled

AbstractParadoxically, the rise of the evidence-based practice (EBP) movement with its growing reliance on the execution of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) has been associated with a fall in the conduct of single-case research. Sharpley, among others, is concerned with this trend because it ignores the complementarity of single-case and group experimentation. We argue that the view that EBP should be founded predominantly on group data is untenable on both scientific and practical grounds.

New Evidence is Required

1997 ◽  
Vol 171 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glyn Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Widespread Acceptance ◽  
Standards Of Evidence ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
New Evidence

What's new about evidence-based medicine? Medical practice has been based upon scientific evidence for some time, although the standards of evidence we require before using a treatment are becoming more stringent. EBM places more emphasis on evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) than on clinical anecdote, but the notion that RCTs are the best evidence on the effectiveness of interventions has been around for nearly SO years. There is more emphasis now on systematic reviews and although they are not a new idea, their widespread acceptance has been a relatively recent phenomenon within medicine.

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