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POWER THERAPIES, MIRACULOUS CLAIMS, AND THE CURES THAT FAIL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Gerald M. Rosen ,
Jeffrey M. Lohr ,
Richard J. McNally  and
James D. Herbert
Gerald M. Rosen
Affiliation:
University of Washington, U.S.A.
Jeffrey M. Lohr
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas, U.S.A.
Richard J. McNally
Affiliation:
Harvard University, U.S.A.
James D. Herbert
Affiliation:
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Recent “Power Therapies” claim near miraculouscures but fare less well under controlled testing. These developments recallfor cognitive behavior therapists the history of past “cures” thattemporarily induced high levels of expectancies, but failed the test of time.

Keywords

EMDRPTSDPower Therapiesplacebo

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Type
Leading Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 99 - 101
Copyright
1998 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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