Why many clinical psychologists are resistant to evidence-based practice: Root causes and constructive remedies

2013/04/08 by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Lorie A. Ritschel, Steven Jay Lynn +2 · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · #Alternative medicine #Clinical Practice #Constructive #Engineering ethics #Epistemology #Evidence-based practice #Intervention (counseling) #Medicine #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Nursing #Process (computing) #Psychiatry #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications #Resistance (ecology) #Root (linguistics) #Schizophrenia research and treatment #Scientific evidence #Skepticism

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2012.09.008

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