Basic premise: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common gastrointestinal disorder, affecting up to 15% of adults worldwide. Lacking a...
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Systematic Treatment Selection for General Outpatient Populations
Basic premise: STS is an evidence based treatment that uses empirical principles to compile an integrated treatment plan to identify procedures that...
Exposure Therapies for Specific Phobias
Status: Strong Research Support Exposure-based therapies reflect a variety of behavioral approaches that are all based on exposing the phobic...
Applied Relaxation for Panic Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support Applied relaxation involves first identifying situations in which panic is likely, as well as early panic cues;...
Cognitive Therapy (CT) for Bipolar Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support for depression* and Modest Research Support for mania It is important to note that there are many manuals of...
Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy for Depression
The Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP; McCollough, 2000) is an integrative therapy for chronically depressed adults that...
Mentalization-Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support Mentalizing is the process by which we make sense of each other and ourselves, implicitly and explicitly, in terms...
Motivational Interviewing, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), and MET plus CBT for Mixed Substance Use/Dependence
Status: Strong Research Support Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief person-centered clinical method for strengthening clients' motivation for...
Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for Bipolar Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support for depression Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) is a modification of the Klerman and Weisman...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Mixed Anxiety Disorders
Basic premise: ACT is about both acceptance and change. Clients are encouraged to let go of the struggle to change unwanted thoughts and emotions;...
Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression
Status: Modest Research Support In general, brief dynamic therapies for depression focus on increasing patients' awareness and insight about...
Transference-Focused Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Status: Strong/Controversial Research Support Transference-Focused Therapy (TFP) focuses on revealing the underlying causes of a patient's...