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Psychotherapy Research: Inertia, Recruitment, and National Policy

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.12.1712

The much-attested reluctance of clinicians to join in psychotherapy research was tested by presenting a clinically optimal proposal to 100 of the best qualified therapists in Philadelphia. Extensive interview follow-ups demonstrated a resistance so intense that probably no more than 25 percent of the clinicians could ever be recruited. Collaborative multi-group effort is seen as the best solution to this "inertia" problem.

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