Does psychotherapy really work? The government tries to find out.
The federal government has paid little attention to the growing list of psychotherapies even though it covers some of the costs through its medicare and medicaid programs. Now, however, it is beginning to assess some 250 different types of therapy to determine which of them actually work.
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