title: How does psychotherapy work? A case study in multilevel explanation.
abstract: Multilevel explanations abound in psychiatry. However, formulating useful such explanations is difficult or (some argue) impossible. I point to several ways in which Lane et al. successfully use multilevel explanations to advance understanding of psychotherapeutic effectiveness. I argue that the usefulness of an explanation depends largely on one's purpose, and conclude that this point has been inadequately recognised in psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Politics, and International Relations,Royal Holloway,University of London,Egham TW20 0EX,United Kingdom.rebecca.roache@royalholloway.ox.ac.ukhttp://rebeccaroache.weebly.com.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roache
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry; D011613:Psychotherapy; D014937:Work