Which statement about negative outcomes in psychotherapy is accurate?
a. Nearly one-half of all therapeutic encounters are rated by clients as negative or harmful.
b. The primary reason for negative outcomes is a lack of training and therapeutic skill on the part of the therapist.
c. When a sexual relationship occurs between therapist and patient, it is harmful to the patient.
d. The vast majority of negative outcomes turn out to be reported in fraudulent or frivolous lawsuits brought by clients.
Question 2
What does it meant to say that a study is double-blind?
a. Each patient receives both the drug being tested and a placebo, so that the effects of the drug can be compared to the effects of the patient's expectations.
b. While the patient is aware to what treatment he or she is receiving, his or her family, friends, and therapist are not.
c. Both the patient being given the drug and whoever will evaluate the drug's effects do not know whether the patient was given the treatment or the placebo.
d. Two conditions are used, a treatment and a placebo.
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