Hävecker, Lina (2023) Obstacles in Evidence-Based Mental Health: On The Relation Between Duration of Psychotherapy, Theoretical School Orientation, and Practitioners’ Attitude Towards Evidence-Based Mental Health. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
With increasing demand for psychotherapy, ensuring high treatment quality is a central aim of clinical psychology. One strategy to provide effective treatment is the implementation of Evidence-based Mental Health (EBMH). However, prior literature shows a gap between research and practice and suggests that a limited application of EBMH could be related to practitioners’ attitudes. This study explored possible obstacles in the implementation of EBMH in clinical practice and investigated the relationship between practitioners' attitudes towards EBMH, therapy duration, and theoretical school orientation. Employing a cross-sectional, correlational research design, a sample of 135 participants was collected through convenience and purposive sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data on the personal practice and attitude towards EBMH of practicing therapists from the Netherlands, Germany, and the US. The results showed that therapy duration as well as theoretical orientation were both significant in relation to practitioners’ attitudes; however, no interaction effect was found. The results were consistent with the existing literature and suggest a systematic difference in attitudes towards EBMH, which in turn may limit the application of EBMH in professional practice. If future research aligns with these findings and consistently demonstrates a lower attitude towards EBMH among practitioners of specific therapy schools, it carries significant implications for EBMH guidelines, suggesting a potential negative bias towards an entire group of therapy approaches and showing the need to rethink the type of evidence valued in the EBMH paradigm. Keywords: Evidence-based Practice, Evidence-based Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Long-term Psychotherapy, Evidence-based Guidelines
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schwarzbach, N.R. and Borger, N.A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2023 13:39 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2023 13:39 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2705 |
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