Psychological Treatments That Cause Harm

By S. Lilienfeld. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2007

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy

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Using Group-Based Trajectory and Growth Mixture Modeling to Identify Classes of Change Trajectories (2016, background): “However, although most people may improve over the course of therapy, some people benefit more than others, and some may even be harmed (Lilienfeld, 2007).”
The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) Model (2011, background): “…approach”; Ward & Maruna, 2007, p. 132), viewing therapy as more an art than an applied science, and not wanting to restrict their freedom to experiment with individual cases (of course, in general clinical psychology, there are very solid reasons to restrict that freedom; see Lilienfeld, 2007)?”
Teachers’ Knowledge of Evidence-Based Interventions and Available School Resources for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (2011, background): “In some instances, schools use programs that have had negative effects on children (see Lilienfeld 2007 ).”
Large language models could change the future of behavioral healthcare: a proposal for responsible development and evaluation (2024, background): “Without an initial focus on EBPs, clinical LLM applications may fail to re ﬂ ect current knowledge and may even produce harm 63 .”
Treatment and psychopathy in forensic settings (2013, background): “, 2009) and some peer-based psychosocial treatments (Lilienfeld, 2007) can be iatrogenic.”
Unwanted Events and Side Effects in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (2018, background): “Global estimates for the rate of relevant side effects (SEs) across different psychotherapies range from 5 to 20% of patients (Barlow 2010; Berk and Parker 2009; Lilienfeld 2007; Linden and Strauß 2013; Parker et al. 2013).”
Evidence‐Based Assessment as an Integrative Model for Applying Psychological Science to Guide the Voyage of Treatment (2017, background): “However, treatments can harm (Lilienfeld, 2007), so it is crucial to have an early warning if well-intentioned methods are having unintended consequences.”
Evidence-Based Treatments for Children and Adolescents: An Updated Review of Indicators of Efficacy and Effectiveness (2011, background): “As new perspectives and new findings emerge, we maintain the position articulated by Stuart and Lilienfeld (2007) as well as others that the debate is about how evidence should inform clinical practice, not whether it should.”
Innovations in Disaster Mental Health: Psychological First Aid (2008, background): “In clarifying disaster-related traumatic experiences, the PFA provider should avoid asking for in-depth description of traumatic experiences as this may provoke unnecessary additional distress (Devilly, Gist, & Cotton; 2006; Lilienfeld, 2007).”
Evidence-Based Practices Do Not Exist (2011, background): “An important and often overlooked part of the EBP process of critical evaluation is that in addition to seeking out best confirmatory evidence, it is equally important to focus on the best disconfirmatory evidence, including evidence that a particular intervention may have been shown to produce harm”