Studies That Evaluate the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy Generally Find That

question 29

Multiple Choice

Studies that evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy generally find that

• A) people who receive no treatment are just as likely to improve as those who receive psychotherapy.
• B) almost no psychologically disturbed people improve without the benefits of psychotherapy.
• C) people are actually more likely to improve without psychotherapy than with it.
• D) the average psychotherapy patient improves more than do about 80% of the untreated people.

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