Treatment with Results

Why does solid evidence matter?

• "Empirically-based" treatment is based on multiple Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT). This is important and this term, and the term "evidence-based" are often misused. When considering treatment, it is important to look at the quality of the evidence and ask some critical questions.

How do we know the evidence is solid?

• (There are multiple randomized controlled trials. The research has been scrutinized by other researchers and the results have been replicated.)

How do we know whether the treatment works

• (There are multiple randomized controlled trials comparing those who receive the treatment vs those who receive no treatment.) 

How do we know a treatment works better than something else?

• (There are randomized controlled trials comparing one treatment with another treatment.) 

How do we know why a treatment works?

• (There are dismantling studies that separate components of a treatment and evaluate efficacy.)​

Why does this matter?

• Treatments that, despite intense marketing, do not have solid evidence can make the patient worse. Treatments that are "pseudoscientific" can confuse a patient and use up a patient's time and financial resources by providing a component of treatment that works with components that are not evidence-based. ​

• When you invest time, hard work, and finances in a treatment, you want the highest chance of success. Treatments that are based on solid and repeated research have lasting positive effects.​

What are the results of our DBT programs? 

• Since beginning our DBT programs in February of 2006, we have been measuring treatment outcomes with scientifically reliable measures. ​

• We use these results to make adjustments to individual treatment plans and for ongoing evaluation of program effectiveness.

• We are dedicated to making sure we provide treatment that works.