APA Recommendations for Disorder-Specific Psychological Treatments
Professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association (APA) have recommended that specific psychological treatments be used to treat certain psychological disorders, as part of the effort to determine which treatment methodologies are evidence-based (Chambless & Ollendick, 2001).
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