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Postscript

Evaluating Treatments with the Science-Based Tolin Criteria: A Call to Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2025

By
Cassandra L. Boness ,
Stephen Hupp  and
David F. Tolin
Edited by
Stephen Hupp  and
David F. Tolin
Stephen Hupp
Affiliation:
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
David F. Tolin
Affiliation:
Institute of Living
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Summary

The postscript opens by reviewing the original Chambless criteria for identifying empirically supported treatments. A table lists well-established treatments for all of the disorders discussed in the book. Next, the postscript reviews the newer, more stringent criteria – sometimes called the “Tolin criteria” – for identifying empirically supported treatments, and a second table summarizes the reviews of disorders using these newer criteria.

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empirically supported treatmentsESTswell-established treatmentsChambless criteriaTolin criteriascience-based therapyevidence-based practice
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Science-Based Therapy
Raising the Bar for Empirically Supported Treatments
 , pp. 399 - 405
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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