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Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: A Systematic Qualitative Review of Controlled Outcome Studies
- Source :
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Research on Social Work Practice . May 2013 23(3):266-283. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objective: We review all available controlled outcome studies of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) to evaluate evidence of its effectiveness. Method: Forty-three studies were located and key data abstracted on problem, setting, SFBT intervention, design characteristics, and outcomes. Results: Thirty-two (74%) of the studies reported significant positive benefit from SFBT; 10 (23%) reported positive trends. The strongest evidence of effectiveness came in the treatment of depression in adults where four separate studies found SFBT to be comparable to well-established alternative treatments. Three studies examined length of treatment and all found SFBT used fewer sessions than alternative therapies. Conclusion: The studies reviewed provide strong evidence that SFBT is an effective treatment for a wide variety of behavioral and psychological outcomes and, in addition, it may be briefer and therefore less costly than alternative approaches. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) [A list of SFBT Outcome Studies is included.]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1049-7315
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Research on Social Work Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1012910
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Information Analyses<br />Reports - Evaluative
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731512470859