Background Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are emerging treatment
modalities in psychiatry, which are capable of producing clinical outcomes broadly …

Objective While the efficacy of psychotherapy in the treatment of mental disorders is well
examined, systematic research into negative effects of psychotherapy seems comparatively …

Research conducted during the last decades has provided increasing evidence for the use
of psychological treatments for a number of psychiatric disorders and somatic complaints …

Abstract Background The Psychiatric Inpatient Patient Experience Questionnaire (PIPEQ)
was developed for post-discharge measurements of experiences, but the low response rates …

What should we tell our younger clients—who may or may not have chosen to come to
therapy—about possible risks of engaging in psychotherapy? To explore this question, we …

Objective Develop and obtain content validity of a new tool for Evaluating and Classifying
the Severity of Adverse Events for Psychotherapeutic Clinical Trials (EVAD). Method Study …

A good therapeutic alliance has been found to be the best predictor of outcome in
psychotherapy, but psychotherapists also need to develop an understanding of the …

In this chapter we reflect on some aspects of the broad issue of risks and side-effects of
psychotherapy in the context of the systemic psychotherapy approach. We begin by noting …

Research concerning outcomes for children who have been placed in out‐of‐home care has
indicated that the care may have unwanted consequences. However, there has been no …

The Routledge International Handbook of Couple and Family Therapy is a comprehensive
text that promotes innovative frameworks and interventions in couple and family therapy …