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The efficacy of treatment: therapy or therapist?

PainSci » bibliography » Watkins 2005
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Tags: scientific medicine

original abstract Abstracts here may not perfectly match originals, for a variety of technical and practical reasons. Some abstacts are truncated for my purposes here, if they are particularly long-winded and unhelpful. I occasionally add clarifying notes. And I make some minor corrections.

The effectiveness or ineffectiveness of therapists bears little relationship to either the type or duration of their training.

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