Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. To best evaluate the effectiveness of a particular treatment, the treatment should be assessed in a double-blind experiment.
2. Double-blind experiments are commonly used to assess the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
3. Recent research suggests that psychodynamic therapy often impedes recovery.
4. Treatments for psychological disorders are generally more effective than is no treatment at all.
5. Drugs used to treat psychological disorders usually have only minor side effects.
6 Symptoms that arise as a result of a medical or psychotherapeutic treatment are called efficacious symptoms.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
6 FALSE
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