Smith and Glass studied the outcomes of psychotherapy in the 1970s and 1980s. In analyzing the results, they found that __________, and concluded that __________.

A. psychotherapy was ineffective, as there was no benefit of therapy in treatment versus the control group; client-centered therapy was superior to other forms of treatment
B. generally speaking, therapy is better than no therapy; they could not conclude that one form of therapy was superior to the other methods
C. psychotherapy was found to be effective only for anxiety reduction; they could not identify how it works, as no form of therapy was superior to the other methods
D. generally speaking, psychotherapy works; psychoanalysis therapy was superior to the other forms of treatment


Answer: B

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