Mental health researchers and clinicians have long sought answers to the question “What
works for whom?” The goal of precision medicine is to provide evidence-based answers to …

Objective: Evidence-based practice involves the consideration of efficacy and effectiveness,
clinical expertise, and patient preference in treatment selection. However, patient preference …

Importance Receiving a preferred treatment has previously been associated with lower
dropout rates and better clinical outcomes, but this scenario has not been investigated …

We conducted a meta-analysis on the effects of client preferences on treatment satisfaction,
completion, and clinical outcome. Our search of the literature resulted in 34 empirical articles …

APA wishes to acknowledge the contributions of former APA staff to these guidelines: Robert
Kunkle, MA, Robert Plovnick, MD, Sara Reid, MA, Seung-Hee Hong, and William E. Narrow …

Beliefs about how much people can change their attributes—implicit theories—influence
affective and cognitive responses to performance and subsequent motivation. Those who …

Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is efficacious in the acute treatment of depression and
may provide a viable alternative to antidepressant medications (ADM) for even more …

Client preferences are recognized as a key component to evidence‐based practice;
however, research has yet to confirm the actual influence preferences have on treatment …

An important part of evidence‐based practice is to include client preferences in the treatment
decision‐making process. However, based on previous reviews of the literature there is …

Objective The role of internet therapy programs for mental disorders is growing. Those
programs employing human support yield better outcomes than do those with no such …