Hostname: page-component-7dd5485656-bvgqh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-10-31T06:55:41.888Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Is psychotherapy better than a placebo?

Review products

Commentary onPrioleauLeslie, MurdockMartha & BrodyNathan (1983) An analysis of psychotherapy versus placebo studies. BBS 6:275–310.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Nathan Brody
Nathan Brody
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. 06457
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Information

Type
Author's Response
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , December 1984 , pp. 758 - 762
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Bateson, G. (1972) Steps to an ecology of mind. Ballantine. [SFB]Google Scholar
Bekaouche, A. (1974) A study of the effectiveness of transactional analysis and transactional analysis modified in juvenile delinquents. Ph.D. dissertation, American University, Washington, D.C. [rNB]Google Scholar
Bergin, A. E. (1971) The evaluation of therapeutic outcomes, In: Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change, ed. Bergin, A. E. & Garfield, S. L.. Wiley. [JW]Google Scholar
Brill, N. Q., Koegler, R. R., Epstein, L. J. & Forgy, E. W. (1964) Controlled study of psychiatric outpatient treatment. Archives of General Psychiatry 10:581–95. [rNB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Brody, N. (1983) Where are the emperor's clothes? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:303–08. [SFB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cordray, D. S. & Bootzin, R. R. (1983) Placebo control conditions: Tests of theory or of effectiveness? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:286–87. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Eysenck, H. J. (1952) The effects of psychotherapy: An evaluation. Journal of Consulting Psychology 16:319–24. [JW]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Eysenck, H. J. (1966) The effects of psychotherapy. International Science Press. [JW]Google Scholar
Fish, J. M. (1983) Enhancing the therapeutic respectability of placebos. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:291. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Frank, J. D. (1983) The placebo is psychotherapy. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:291–92. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Garfield, S. L. (1983) Does psychotherapy work? Yes, no, maybe. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:292–93. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gillan, P. & Rachman, S. (1974) An experimental investigation of desensitization and phobic patients. British Journal of Psychiatry 124:392–401. [rNB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Henry, W. P., Schacht, T. E. & Strupp, H. H. (in press) Structural analysis of social behavior: Application to a study of interpersonal process in differential psychotherapeutic outcome. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. [rSFB]Google Scholar
Kazdin, A. E. (1983) Meta-analysis of psychotherapy: Criteria for selecting investigations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:296. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kringlen, E. (1965) Obsessional neurosis: A long-term follow-up. British Journal of Psychiatry 111:709–22. [JW]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Lambert, M. J. (1976) Spontaneous remission in adult neurotic disorders: A revision and summary. Psychological Bulletin 83:107–119. [JW]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
McLean, P. D. & Hakstian, A. R. (1979) Clinical depression: Comparative efficacy of outpatient treatments. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 47:818–36. [rNB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Parloff, M. B., Waskow, I. E. & Wolf, B. E. (1978) Research on therapist variables in relation to process and outcome. In: Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change, 2d ed., ed. Garfield, S. L. & Bergin, A. E.. Wiley. [SFB]Google Scholar
Prioleau, L., Murdock, M. & Brody, N. (1983) An analysis of psychotherapy versus placebo studies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:275–85. [rNB, SFB, JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rachman, S. J. (1973) The effects of psychological treatments. In: Handbook of abnormal psychology, ed. Eysenck, H. J.. Basic Books. [JW]Google Scholar
Rosenthal, T. L. (1983) Outcome research: Isn't sauce for the goose sauce for the gander? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:299–300. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sebeok, T. A. (1983) Psychotherapy and placebo: “Sticks and stones will break my bones but can words never harm me?” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:300. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shapiro, A. K. & Morris, L. A. (1978) Placebo effects in medical and psychological therapies. In: Handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change: An empirical analysis, ed. Garfield, S. L. & Bergin, A. E.. Wiley. [JW]Google Scholar
Smith, M. L. & Glass, G. V. (1977) Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies. American Psychologist 32:752–60. [JW]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Smith, M. L., Glass, G. V. & Miller, T. L. (1980) The benefits of psychotherapy. Johns Hopkins University Press. [rNB, JW]Google Scholar
Spence, D. P. (1983) Therapeutic effectiveness: What domain is being studied? Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:302. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Strupp, H. H. (1980a) Success and failure in time-limited psychotherapy: A systematic comparison of two cases (comparison 1). Archives of General Psychiatry 37:595–603. [rNB, SFB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Strupp, H. H. (1980b) Success and failure in time-limited psychotherapy: A systematic comparison of two cases (comparison 2). Archives of General Psychiatry 37:708–16. (rNB, SFB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Strupp, H. H. (1980c) Success and failure in time-limited psychotherapy: With special reference to the performance of a lay counselor. Archives of General Psychiatry 37:831–41. [rNB, SFB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Strupp, H. H. (1980d) Success and failure in time-limited psychotherapy: Further evidence (comparison 4). Archives of General Psychiatry 37:947–52. [rNB, SFB]CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Vorster, D. (1966) Psychotherapy and the results of psychotherapy. South African Medical Journal 40:934–36. [JW]Google ScholarPubMed
Waskow, I. E., & Parloff, M. B. (1975) Psychotherapy change measures. N.I.M.H. [JW]Google Scholar
Waterhouse, G. & Strupp, H. H. (1984) The patient-therapist relationship: Research from a psychodynamic perspective. Clinical Psychology Review 4:77–92. [SFB]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wilson, G. T. (1983) Limitations of meta-analysis and the lack of evidence that psychotherapy works. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 6:302–03. [JW]CrossRefGoogle Scholar