Clinical Psychological Science· 2018Q1
The Future of Intervention Science: Process-Based Therapy
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Short summary
A paradigm shift is emerging in clinical science, moving from disease-focused, protocol-driven therapies to process-based therapies that target core mediators and moderators based on testable theories.
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Key points
- Clinical science is moving beyond the medical illness model, which assumes latent diseases are treated by specific protocols.
- A new paradigm of process-based therapies targets core mediators and moderators based on testable theories.
- This shift implies a potential decline of named therapies and schools, and a rise in testable models and functional analysis.
- The approach could integrate diverse treatment orientations, settings, and cultures.
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Abstract
Clinical science seems to have reached a tipping point. It appears that a new paradigm is beginning to emerge that is questioning the validity and utility of the medical illness model, which assumes that latent disease entities are targeted with specific therapy protocols. A new generation of evidence-based care has begun to move toward process-based therapies to target core mediators and moderators based on testable theories. This could represent a paradigm shift in clinical science with far-reaching implications. Clinical science might see a decline of named therapies defined by set technologies, a decline of broad schools, a rise of testable models, a rise of mediation and moderation studies, the emergence of new forms of diagnosis based on functional analysis, a move from nomothetic to idiographic approaches, and a move toward processes that specify modifiable elements. These changes could integrate or bridge different treatment orientations, settings, and even cultures.
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