2001/02/01 by Dianne L. Chambless, Thomas H. Ollendick · 2,119 citations
Psychology · #Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Mental Health Research Topics #Psychology #Psychological intervention #Dissemination #External validity #Transparency (behavior) #Identification (biology) #Applied psychology #Reliability (semiconductor) #Task (project management) #Social psychology #Psychotherapist #Clinical psychology #Political science #Psychiatry #Management
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.685
published in Annual Review of Psychology 52(1), 685-716 (Annual Reviews)
openalex publication_date 2001/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/03
Efforts to increase the practice of evidence-based psychotherapy in the United States have led to the formation of task forces to define, identify, and disseminate information about empirically supported psychological interventions. The work of several such task forces and other groups reviewing empirically supported treatments (ESTs) in the United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere is summarized here, along with the lists of treatments that have been identified as ESTs. Also reviewed is the controversy surrounding EST identification and dissemination, including concerns abou research methodology, external validity, and utility of EST research, as well as the reliability and transparency of the EST review process.