Hoping to raise its profile over the coming years, the BABCP has produced a 35-page development plan and is asking its members for feedback. However, the BABCP is a strange organization in that it does not actually exist for the benefit of its members, nor indeed of its members’ patients. This strangeness is reflected in the plan.
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It’s weird to discover that developments in psychotherapy and an apparently unrelated field are connected. It makes me wonder what, or who, is behind it. Only for a moment, though. Actually, and sadly, we all know who is behind it.
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You might think that scientists take care to ensure that the results they publish are as accurate as possible — particularly so in medicine, perhaps, where the current fashion is for decisions to be evidence-based, and for the evidence to come from published science.
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Nearly a quarter of a century ago the groundbreaking psychologist Carl Rogers, then 83, was recorded answering wide-ranging questions from a professional audience. Listening to the recording now, it’s remarkable how little some things have changed over the years.
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An article in New York magazine some years ago throws light on the complex relationship between scientific evidence and belief. Commonly-held beliefs about matters that are the subject of scientific research are often contradicted by the research evidence, but such contradictory beliefs can persist over long periods, even being promoted by governments and other influential organizations.
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“In the field of mental health,” one might say, “depression and anxiety are common conditions…oh, and the effects of trauma, too.” However, this post is not about the field of mental health. It’s about a real field, the green and grassy kind.
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An old journal article that surfaced again recently criticized the value of CBT in the NHS, apparently with particular reference to Birmingham.
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Back in 2005 an article accurately critiqued the (still-current in 2009) fashion for evidence-based medicine. It sounds harmless, doesn’t it? How could medicine that is based on evidence possibly be a bad thing?
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What has these ingredients: hibiscus fruit, safflower, red cabbage, black carrot, radish, lemon and blue-green algae?
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Here are some links to other sites that illustrate the beauty of good science, and the ugly truth about bad science.
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