TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychodynamic Therapy in Canada in the Era of Evidence-based Practice
AU - Abbass, Allan A.
AU - Tasca, Giorgio A.
AU - Vasiliadis, Helen Maria
AU - Spagnolo, Jessica
AU - Kealy, David
AU - Hewitt, Paul L.
AU - Hébert, Catherine
AU - Drapeau, Martin
AU - Doidge, Norman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the NHS.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In this article, Canadian psychotherapy researchers and teachers review the state of psychodynamic therapy (PDT) in Canada. We review the ways in which PDT has been implemented, developed and researched within the public and private sector, and how psychoanalytic and psychodynamic practitioners regionally have responded to the challenges of evidence-based practice and the emphasis on empirically supported treatments (EST) as it is defined today. We note that neglect and misrepresentation of the scientific evidence behind PDT has resulted in its marginalization. There is also a dearth of evidence collected to measure the effectiveness of implementing EST. Based on its empirical standing, we propose a model of care that incorporates PDT as an effective, evidence-based model for first line treatment, and also as an alternative for those patients who do not respond to other treatments or who express a preference for PDT or insight-oriented therapy.
AB - In this article, Canadian psychotherapy researchers and teachers review the state of psychodynamic therapy (PDT) in Canada. We review the ways in which PDT has been implemented, developed and researched within the public and private sector, and how psychoanalytic and psychodynamic practitioners regionally have responded to the challenges of evidence-based practice and the emphasis on empirically supported treatments (EST) as it is defined today. We note that neglect and misrepresentation of the scientific evidence behind PDT has resulted in its marginalization. There is also a dearth of evidence collected to measure the effectiveness of implementing EST. Based on its empirical standing, we propose a model of care that incorporates PDT as an effective, evidence-based model for first line treatment, and also as an alternative for those patients who do not respond to other treatments or who express a preference for PDT or insight-oriented therapy.
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U2 - 10.1080/02668734.2020.1803390
DO - 10.1080/02668734.2020.1803390
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85092734337
SN - 0266-8734
JO - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
JF - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
ER -