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POWER THERAPIES, MIRACULOUS CLAIMS, AND THE CURES THAT FAIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Gerald M. Rosen
Affiliation:
University of Washington, U.S.A.
Jeffrey M. Lohr
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas, U.S.A.
Richard J. McNally
Affiliation:
Harvard University, U.S.A.
James D. Herbert
Affiliation:
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, U.S.A.

Abstract

Recent “Power Therapies” claim near miraculous cures but fare less well under controlled testing. These developments recall for cognitive behavior therapists the history of past “cures” that temporarily induced high levels of expectancies, but failed the test of time.

Type
Leading Article
Copyright
1998 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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