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2002
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Psicologia, Saúde e Doenças
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Yori Gidron, « Psicologia da saúde baseada na evidência: racional e suporte », Psicologia, Saúde e Doenças, ID : 10670/1.4316cf...
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Abstract
An evidence-based approach is encouraged to be adopted in healthpsychology for the following reasons: (1) It directs health psychologists to assesspsychological factors that have been demonstrated in research to affect or to be affectedby health conditions; (2) It can reduce therapist error in patient-assessment via use ofreliable and valid measures in addition to clinical impressions; (3) Basing theirknowledge on randomized-controlled trials (RCT), allows clinicians to recommend theuse of new interventions with greater scientific and professional validity suitable to theaverage patient; (4) This approach will be more acceptable by the medical community.This review provides empirical examples for the importance of psychological factors inillness, and support for the efficacy of psychological interventions in health and illnesssuch as cancer, coronary heart disease, preparation for surgery, pain-reduction andquality of life. Finally, implications for education of health psychologists are discussed.
