I don't have strong opinions about CBT for depression (unlike CBT for CFS which I believe is generally based on a very flawed model of the illness).
Anyway, somebody drew my attention to this and I thought I'd post it in case it was of interest to anyone:
Anyway, somebody drew my attention to this and I thought I'd post it in case it was of interest to anyone:
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Psychotherapy is Becoming Less Effective
Is psychotherapy becoming less effective? A major study says yes, at least for CBT.
http://asserttrue.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-is.html#
Now comes word that CBT's effectiveness has been going down continuously for the last 35 years. According to a meta-analysis by Tom J. Johnsen and Oddgeir Friborg (2015), which looked at 70 studies from 1977 to 2014, effect sizes based on Beck Depression Inventory scores have fallen by half since the first studies were done. That's a pretty huge drop.