title: Delivery Systems Can Determine Therapy Cost, and Effectiveness, More Than Type of Therapy.
abstract: We should go further than Kazdin and Blase (2011) in emphasizing the importance of the costs and effectiveness of alternative delivery systems for therapies. I propose that the manner in which therapy is delivered often determines its cost, and its effectiveness, more than the type of therapy delivered. In this article, I illustrate this argument through compiled research and describe several inexpensive delivery systems with the aid of metaphors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, DC byates@american.edu.
authors.forename: Brian T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Yates
keywords: benefit; cost; cost-effectiveness; delivery system; scientist-manager-practitioner; therapy