Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:154-159
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
The behavior therapies: therapeutic breakthrough or latest fad?
AK Shapiro
The author critically examines the evidence for the effectiveness of the
behavior therapies as described in the American Psychaitric Association's
task force report on behavior therapy. He concludes that current attempts
to evaluate behavior therapy suffer from inadequate methodology and that
the claims for its therapeutic efficacy are excessive and unsupported by
the controlled clinical evidence.
