title: Do psychotherapies have specific effects?
abstract: The authors provide a critical review of the evidence from psychotherapy outcome research for and against the assumption that specific techniques produce specific effects. They describe the refinement in research and methodology that will be necessary to document specific effects.
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012106:Research