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Your misrepresenting the data. Your first link says: >CBT is significantly more effective than no therapy in reducing symptoms of anxiety in children and youn
by treis 5y ago
Your misrepresenting the data. Your first link says:
>CBT is significantly more effective than no therapy in reducing symptoms of anxiety in children and young people.
>No clear evidence indicates that one way of providing CBT is more effective than another (e.g. in a group, individually, with parents).
>CBT is no more effective than other 'active therapies' such as self-help books.
- _game_of_life 5y agoHow have I misrepresented it by saying it is as effective as a self-help book? The thing about therapy, is that you usually want benefits to last for a duration that makes the effort put in worthwhile. >Only four studies looked at longer-term outcomes after CBT. >No clear evidence showed maintained improvement in symptoms of anxiety among children and young people. If you take a look at the results further they conclude: >The few controlled follow-up studies (n = 4) indicate that treatment gains in the remission of anxiety diagnosis are not statistically significant. I'd like to remind you that "significant" in the context of a meta-analysis means "statistically significant." If something performs at the level of a self-help book, most lay people would agree that is not a very effective treatment, even if it has a statistically significant impact.