1) Regarding the recent article shared below, and because this put me in a particular mood today to see #TTI survivors used for industry promotion. Let's explore historically how direct comparison trials fair in #psychotherapy.
2) The first meta-analysis ever found: “More generally, virtually no difference in effectiveness was observed between the class of all behavioral therapies (e.g. #behavior modification) and the nonbehavioral therapies (e.g., Rogerian, #psychodynamic” psycnet.apa.org/record/1978-10…
3) A meta-analysis for #youth #mentaldisorders found: “there was no #evidence of any differences among treatments” tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
4) A review of 17 meta-analyses found: “The smallness of this effect size confirms Rosenzweig's supposition in 1936 about the likely results of such comparisons.” AKA Since 1936 we knew no differences in outcomes was the norm. psycnet.apa.org/record/2002-10…
5) An #AdventureTherapy scoping review I conducted found: “Little to no differences were found to isolate specific #therapeutic factors” researchgate.net/publication/32…
6) But according to this recent article, #WildernessTherapy, and only accredited wilderness therapy, is 424% more effective than #treatment-as-usual. Got it… theguardian.com/us-news/2022/n…
7) The article shares the terrifying story of a young person being sexually assaulted at a wilderness therapy program (while accredited but not as of this year) so it’s longer no 424% more effective than everything else. Including itself.
8) Every study cited in the thread found #psychotherapy effective. But no specific #therapy more than the next. There are some small specific instances when these differences matter but wilderness therapy is not 424% more effective than anything.
9) #OutdoorTherapy can work, but clients aren't props, dependent variables, or passive agents. They are the wild card and the most wonderful part of the story. Harming therapy recipients is cruel, disgusting, and horrifying. And then using them to promote another program...wow.
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