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Psychological treatments

Barlow, David H.·2004·American Psychologist

Abstract

Psychology has recently identified itself as a health care profession and codified this change in the bylaws of the American Psychological Association. Although psychologists make a number of contributions to the nation's health--and mental health--the most identifiable activity focuses on treating physical or psychological pathology with psychological interventions. Recently, health care policymakers have established that evidence supporting the efficacy of these interventions is more than sufficient for their inclusion in health care systems around the world. To promote faster and more widespread dissemination of these interventions specifically targeting problems severe enough to be included in health care systems and to solidify the identification of psychology as a health care profession, perhaps it is time for a change in terminology. It is proposed that psychologists label these procedures psychological treatments so as to differentiate them from more generic psychotherapy, which is often used outside of the scope of health care systems.

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  • Both depression and anxiety are modifiable problems; psychological interventions have a long history of success in managing patients suffering from both mental health and medical conditions.

    “This represents a missed opportunity, as both depression and anxiety are modifiable problems [45]; and psychological interventions have a long history of success in managing patients suffering from both mental health and medical conditions [46].”
  • Psychological interventions have a long history of successful treatment of patients suffering from mental health and certain medical conditions.

    “Psychological interventions have a long history of success in management of both mental illness and chronic medical symptoms and conditions, including depression, migraine headache, chronic pain, and inflammatory bowel disease [1, 2].”

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Authors
Barlow, D. H.
Corresponding author
Barlow, David H.
Venue
American Psychologist
Published
2004-12
Volume
59
Issue
9
Pages
869-878
ISSN
  • 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-990X
OpenAlex
W4234397883
Cited by
271
References
78
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
Keywords
psychological intervention, psychotherapy, terminology, health professions, evidence-based interventions, intervention dissemination, mental health services
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Humans, Mental Health Services, Psychology, Clinical, Psychotherapy, United States

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