Psychology

A national survey of practicing psychologists' attitudes toward psychotherapy treatment manuals

Document Type

Article

Abstract

There has been considerable debate and little empirical data on the role of psychotherapy treatment manuals in clinical practice. Attitudes toward treatment manuals are a potentially important determinant of how likely practitioners are to use manual-based treatments in clinical practice. A total of 891 practicing psychologists nationwide were surveyed about their attitudes toward treatment manuals and their ideas about the content of manuals. Practitioners held widely varying attitudes toward treatment manuals, and ideas about what constitutes a manual were associated with attitudes in a predictable way. Recommendations are made for how to gather more useful information about practitioners' attitudes toward the many changes affecting current models of clinical practice.

Publication Title

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Publication Date

2000

Volume

68

Issue

2

First Page

331

Last Page

339

ISSN

0022-006X

DOI

10.1037/0022-006X.68.2.331

Keywords

attitude toward psychotherapy treatment manuals, 25–76 yr old psychologists

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