Which of the Following Statements About Evaluating the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy

question 221

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about evaluating the effectiveness of psychotherapy is FALSE?

• A)The vast majority of people who experience the symptoms of a psychological disorder seek the help of a mental health professional.
• B)The term spontaneous remission refers to the improvement of symptoms that sometimes occurs simply over the passage of time.
• C)In recent years, hundreds of studies have evaluated the effectiveness of the major forms of psychotherapy.
• D)Research studies that evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy often vary in terms of which types of psychotherapy are compared, which psychological disorders are studied, and how improvement is measured.

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