This isn't new but I thought it was interesting. I've often heard it said that CBT shouldn't have negative connotations and patients shouldn't make that point but that's not the way professionals think!
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2001-00865-005&CFID=6958449
http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2001-00865-005&CFID=6958449
Effect of physician-recommended treatment on mental health practitioners' attributions for chronic fatigue syndrome.
By Taylor, Renee R.; Jason, Leonard A.; Kennedy, Cara L.; Friedberg, Fred
Rehabilitation Psychology. Vol 46(2), May 2001, 165-177.
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate whether differing treatment recommendations for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) by physicians influence attributions about CFS among mental health practitioners.
Participants and Study Design: 93 mental health practitioners were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions. All groups read the same case study of a person diagnosed with CFS, with the only difference between groups being the type of treatment recommended by a physician. The treatment conditions included a drug trial (Ampligen) or 1 of 2 differing psychotherapy approaches, cognitivebehavior therapy with graded activity or cognitive coping skills therapy.
Results: Ss in the 3 groups did not differ with respect to their prior familiarity with CFS. Ss who read the case study proposing treatment with Ampligen were more likely to report that the patient was correctly diagnosed and more likely to perceive the patient as disabled than those whose case study described cognitivebehavioral therapy with graded activity as the treatment.
Conclusion: Results of this investigation support the hypothesis that physician recommendations for CFS treatment can influence subsequent attributions about a patient's illness among mental health practitioners.
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