Lack of Evidence-Based Therapies in Healthcare
Evidence-Based Therapies are those that have been rigorously tested
In 2020, seventy-five percent of the american population considers mental health to be as crucial as physical health, yet the access to evidence-based therapies remains a major problem for many.
Even when some can overcome the hurdles in consulting a therapist and expressing their emotional difficulties, receiving high-quality treatment is far from reach. Not all therapies are curated from controlled trials or multiple experiments, 80 percent of psychotherapies that are accessible today are not evidence-based.
Evidence-based therapies, or EBTs, are created through rigorous tests taken in randomized controlled trials or a series of case studies that have clinically proven the efficacy and superiority of Evidence-Based therapies(EBTs) over other therapeutic models. Examples of EBTs include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). These empirically supported treatments provide the best opportunity to help most patients with behavioral health concerns like emotional vulnerability, harmful urges, mindlessness, and dysfunctional behaviors. Yet, many healthcare professionals are not practicing EBTs even today; instead, they opt for simpler and short-term therapies that are not backed by evidence.
