Another FAIL from the Collectivist, Junk Medical wing of America's Political Collectivist Fraudsters.
There are no psychosocial treatments
or psychotherapeutic methods that are proven to effectively reduce thoughts and
behaviors of self-harm in youth, according to a review of the scientific
literature by a team of Harvard University psychologists publishing in the Journal of
Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.
The researchers identified 29 studies
published before June of 2013 that examined treatment interventions for
suicidal or self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in children or adolescents.
They then evaluated the studies using the evidence-based treatment evaluation
criteria of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. They found that
not a single intervention met the Level 1 standard for "well-established
treatments."
However, six types of treatment were
found to be "probably efficacious" or "possibly
efficacious" for reducing self-injurious thoughts and behaviors.
"These treatments came from a variety of theoretical orientations,"
noted the researchers, "including cognitive-behavioral, family,
interpersonal, and psychodynamic theories."
Since none of these methods were
better than the others, the researchers speculated that the relative efficacy
they did have was likely due to common elements among them. For example, most
of the different therapeutic strategies involved skills training such as
problem solving and emotional regulation, targeted interpersonal relationship
dynamics, and included families in the therapy sessions. The strategies also
tended to be relatively "intensive," in that they involved multiple
meetings per week with therapists.
Glenn, Catherine R., Joseph C. Franklin, and Matthew K. Nock.
“Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Self-Injurious Thoughts and
Behaviors in Youth.” Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 44,
no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 1–29. doi:10.1080/15374416.2014.945211. (Abstract)
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