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This 6-page paper discusses the effectiveness of psychotherapies, concentrating on interventions in children and adolescents. It also touches on the fact that some judges are not good at evaluating the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic techniques, and what might be done to change this. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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far advanced the disease is; and many other variables. Because of the complexity of these issues, its not always possible to tell if a given psychotherapy is working or
not. In this paper, well explore some of the approaches and see if they are considered effective, and if so, for what part of the population. Psychotherapies and Outcomes
There are so many varied disorders that it would be impossible to discuss them all in a brief paper. Instead, well begin by exploring some of the preventive
outcome studies in the field of mental health. On the face of it, this is an unusual concept-how can mental problems be predicted so that preventive strategies could be
put in place? The article Ive found indicates that children in various grades were "screened" for symptoms such as depression, which might indicate a problem that could get worse
as the child grew older. According to Durlak, there have been "approximately 1200 preventive outcome studies ... targeting children and adolescents" (1998, 775). Given this proliferation in
this type of study, its become necessary to evaluate the various programs and determine which ones promote the best outcomes (Durlak, 1998). There are three types of prevention
available to young people with potential problems: primary, secondary and tertiary, which "can be viewed along a continuum in terms of when intervention is offered in relation to problem
development" (Durlak, 1998, 775). "Primary prevention" tries to prevent problems from developing; "secondary prevention" deals with intervention for those with "subclinical-level problems" and "tertiary prevention" attempts to ameliorate established
disorders (Durlak, 1998, 775). Durlak reminds us of some of the difficulties of terminology, in that tertiary prevention, which works with people who are already ill, is sometimes confused with
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