A Meta-Analysis of 11 Controlled Studies on the Effectiveness of Long-Term

question 1

Multiple Choice

A meta-analysis of 11 controlled studies on the effectiveness of long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy (Smit et al.,2012) found:

• A)comparable recovery rates from mental disorders as produced by treatment as usual (TAU).
• B)small but significantly better outcomes than control conditions.
• C)lower recovery rates compared to control treatments,including treatment as usual.
• D)uniformly positive evidence for the effectiveness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

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