Sampling of empirically supported psychological treatments from health psychology: Smoking, chronic pain, cancer, and bulimia nervosa.

Abstract

Interventions in health psychology and behavioral medicine represent an integral area of research for the development of psychological therapies to enhance health behaviors, manage symptoms and sequelae of disease, treat psychological symptoms and disorders, prolong survival in the face of a life-threatening illness, and improve quality of life. A sampling of interventions in health psychology and behavioral medicine is offered that meet the criteria for empirically supported treatments for smoking cessation, chronic pain, cancer, and bulimia nervosa. Evidence for empirically supported treatments is identified, along with promising interventions that do not yet meet the criteria as outlined by D. L. Chambless and S. D. Hollon (1998). Evidence for the effectiveness and clinical significance of these interventions is reviewed, and issues in this area of research are outlined.

Toward a more clinically valid approach to therapy research.

“…This issue was hotly debated at recent meetings of the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) and the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI). No less than five other journals that we know of have devoted space to deal with this topic, including the American Psychologist, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, Psychotherapy Research, and Psychotherapy. In this issue, the guidelines presented by Chambless and Hollon (1998) for determining which therapies have received empirical support and the specific articles by Baucom, Shoham, Meuser, Daiuto, and Stickle (1998) , Compas, Haaga, Keefe, Leitenberg, and Williams (1998) , DeRubeis and Crits-Christoph (1998) , and Kazdin and Weisz (1998) evaluating the research evidence for the treatment of various clinical problems are indeed comprehensive and impressive. The contributions are carefully thought out, attending to the methodological issues associated with current standards for psychotherapy research, and offering us a clear overview of our research findings to date.…”

Increasing the Quality and Availability of Evidence-based Treatment for Tobacco Dependence through Unified Certification of Tobacco Treatment Specialists

“…Most tobacco users express a desire to achieve long-term abstinence from tobacco use and make numerous unsuccessful quit attempts over the course of many years (Borland, Partos, Yong, Cummings, & Hyland, 2012;CDC, 2011). Evidence-based treatments for tobacco use and dependence greatly improve the chances that quit attempts result in long-term abstinence (Chambless & Hollon, 1998;Compas, Haaga, Keefe, Leitenberg, & Williams, 1998;Fiore et al, 2008;Zwar et al, 2004). Increasing the availability of high-quality evidence-based treatment for tobacco use and dependence will make it more likely that tobacco users use evidence-based treatments and that quit attempts translate into long-term abstinence.…”

Contribuciones de la Medicina Psicosomática a la Medicina Clínica y Preventiva

“…Los beneficios consiguientes a la modificación del estilo de vida son particularmente evidentes en las alteraciones coronarias (Rozanski et al, 1999) y en la diabetes tipo 2 (Narayan et al, 2003). En la misma línea, distintos tratamientos psicológicos se han demostrado eficaces para modificar comportamientos de riesgo como, por ejemplo, el tabaquismo (Compas, Haaga, Keefe, Leitenberg, & Williams, 1998).…”

“…Paralelamente, cada vez son más evi-anales de psicología, 2016, vol. 32, nº 3 (octubre) dentes los beneficios asociados a la modificación del estilo de vida de la población general (Compas et al, 1998;Leventhal et al, 2008;Narayan et al, 2003), en consonancia con el modelo biopsicosocial. En la misma línea, los beneficios para la salud de la población podrían ser mayores si se abordaran las desigualdades en la atención sanitaria en la infancia, en vez de concentrar la mayor parte de los recursos en programas para la modificación de conductas de salud o incrementar el acceso a los servicios durante la etapa adulta (Shonkoff, Boyce, & McEwen, 2009).…”