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Leichsenring and Rabung’s meta-analysis of long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy offers a useful summary of available research data. Their adaptation of meta-analysis has many merits as well as some important limitations. Their work provides preliminary support for the effectiveness of this therapy, a widely used method of treatment that also has detractors. The article also sets the stage for reviewing how the research ideology of evidence-based practice (EBP), and the economic forces behinds EBP, may limit research on several therapeutic methods of interest to clinical social workers and our clients. A call is made for additional high quality research on many therapies with considerable research support that may not (yet) meet the standards of EBP.
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Drisko, J.W. A Clinician-Researcher’s Understanding of “The Effectiveness of Long-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy”. Clin Soc Work J 39, 334–339 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-011-0350-5
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