Effectiveness is the gold standard of clinical research

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
² Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna.
³ Department of Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Messina.
⁴ Department of Developmental and Socialization Psychology, University of Padua.
⁵ Department of History, Society and Human Studies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

Francesco Gazzillo et al. Res Psychother. 2017.

. 2017 Jul 13;20(2):278.

doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2017.278. eCollection 2017 Jul 6.

¹ Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
² Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna.
³ Department of Psychological and Pedagogical Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Messina.
⁴ Department of Developmental and Socialization Psychology, University of Padua.
⁵ Department of History, Society and Human Studies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

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Keywords: Clinical research; Effectiveness; Gold standard; Psychotherapy.

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