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In the field of psychotherapy a “great debate” is raging about how to improve quality and outcome (Wampold, 2001). On one side are those who hold that behavioral health interventions are similar to medical treatments (Barlow, 2004). Therapies work, they believe, because like penicillin they contain specific ingredients remedial to the disorder being treated. Consistent with this perspective, emphasis is placed on diagnosis, treatment plans, and adherence to so-called validated treatments (Chambless & Ollendick, 2001; Huppert, Fabbro, & Barlow, 2006; Siev, Huppert, & Chambless, 2009). The “medical model,” as it is termed, is the dominate view of how psychotherapy works. It is arguably the view held by most people who seek behavioral health treatment.
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Miller, S.D., Bargmann, S., Chow, D., Seidel, J., Maeschalck, C. (2016). Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT): Improving the Outcome of Psychotherapy One Person at a Time. In: O'Donohue, W., Maragakis, A. (eds) Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26209-3_16
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