Rebuilding trust in psychotherapy for biologically explained depression: A two-part experimental study examining the durability of an online psychoeducational intervention.
Soc Sci Med
; 357: 117202, 2024 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-39137458
ABSTRACT
Biological explanations of mental disorders, which are gaining prominence, can decrease trust in psychotherapy. To rebuild trust, this experimental study tests a psychoeducational intervention targeting misconceptions that (1) psychotherapy cannot change the brain; (2) people rarely have agency over biology while psychotherapy requires agency; (3) psychosocial causes, addressed in psychotherapy, are less probable given biological causes. U.S. adults (N = 602) rated psychotherapy's effectiveness for depression before and after learning about depression's biological causes. Absent any intervention, control-condition participants rated psychotherapy to be less effective post biological-causes-information. However, participants who viewed an intervention video explaining why the misconceptions are flawed judged psychotherapy as more effective even after learning about depression's biological causes. Active-control-condition participants, who viewed a video about psychotherapy's effectiveness, without directly addressing the misconceptions, also increased psychotherapy ratings, albeit significantly less than the intervention group. Approximately four weeks later, intervention-condition participants maintained their enhanced trust, without any reminder of the video, whereas the two control conditions showed reduced trust. The study offers a practical tool for broader public use with a lasting effect.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psicoterapia
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Confiança
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
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Soc Sci Med
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de publicação:
Reino Unido