Primun non nocere : Side effects in psychological treatments

• Psychological treatments help patients overcome mental health problems. Thousands of studies document the positive effects of psychotherapeutic interventions. The potential of these same interventions to cause harm, on the other hand, has scarcely been subject to scientific investigation. The nature and frequency of side effects of psychological treatments are largely unknown. The present symposium aims at shedding light on some important questions concerning negative effects: How should side effects be defined? What are typical side effects? How frequent are side effects in different treatment formats? And how can side effects be effectively measured? In the first presentation, Michael Linden will speak about side effects in group therapy and will report data from two different group therapy formats. Johanna Boettcher will focus on side effects of individual therapy for depression. She will present data from a large trial of Internet-based therapy and will summarize a qualitative analysis of the patients’ experience of negative effects. Steve Hollon will talk specifically about one particular side effect, the deterioration of targeted symptoms. He will report results of an individual patient data meta-analysis and compare rates of deterioration in cognitive-behaviour therapy and pharmacotherapy. Finally, Alexander Rozental will present a new questionnaire for the assessment of negative effects and will demonstrate its psychometric properties in a Rasch analysis.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

psychological treatment

side effects

Psychology

psykologi

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