“Gold Standards,” Plurality and Monocultures: The Need for Diversity in Psychotherapy

For psychotherapy of mental disorders, presently several approaches are available, such as interpersonal, humanistic, systemic, psychodynamic or cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Pointing to the available evidence, proponents of CBT claim that CBT is the gold standard. Some authors even argue for an...

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Main Authors: Falk Leichsenring, Allan Abbass, Mark J. Hilsenroth, Patrick Luyten, Thomas Munder, Sven Rabung, Christiane Steinert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00159/full