Clinical science seems to have reached a tipping point. It appears that a new paradigm is
beginning to emerge that is questioning the validity and utility of the medical illness model …

For decades the development of evidence-based therapy has been based on experimental
tests of protocols designed to impact psychiatric syndromes. As this paradigm weakens, a …

For half a century, the dominant paradigm in psychotherapy research has been to develop
syndrome-specific treatment protocols for hypothesized but unproved latent disease entities …

Implementation science has been recognized as a potential catalyst for health system
reform, in part, because of its contribution of well-grounded conceptual theories, often …

Despite the significant contribution of cognitive-behavioral therapy to effective treatment
options for specific syndromes, treatment progress has been stagnating, with response rates …

The wide variety of “third wave” cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) methods (eg,
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or “ACT”, Compassion Focused Therapy, Meta …

Centuries of experience make it clear that establishing the effectiveness of a clinical
innovation is not sufficient to guarantee its uptake into routine use. The relatively new field of …

The escalating costs of health care and other recent trends have made health care decisions
of great societal import, with decision-making responsibility often being transferred from …

The Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) Task Force on Psychological Interventions has
worked for several years to establish and revise criteria for judging whether a treatment may …

This article highlights the development of evidence-based treatments (EBTs), the
accomplishment their development reflects, and the limitations of current variations as a way …