Fundamental & Powerful Concepts:

treatment effectiveness – outcome indicating that treatment works

Vocabulary:

spontaneous remission – symptoms improved or returned to a normal level simply with the passage of time

placebo effect – symptoms improved because the person in treatment expected to get better

randomized controlled trials – research method where scientist controls for confounding variables by using a control group and random assignments

double-blind randomized controlled trials – research method where neither the client nor the researcher/therapist is aware of which intervention the client is receiving

meta-analysis - a statistical procedure to combine, or pool, the strength of a particular finding across a number of studies investigating the same or similar topics

therapeutic alliance – bond between therapist and client