Cognitive Behavior Therapy at the Crossroads

Acute stroke therapy at the crossroads.

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING IS BASED ON A MIX OF SCIentific data, experience, training, and other influences, such as reimbursement, allure of new technology, current opinion, and bias. Acute ischemic stroke care has reached a critical juncture: clinical practice, particularly the use of endovascular therapy, is starting down a road containing little scientific evidence of clinical efficacy, while...

Learning cognitive behavior therapy.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Progress toward establishing treatments for mental disorders has been good, particularly for cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). However, there is considerable room for improvement. The goal of this study was to begin the process of investigating the potential for improving treatment outcome via improving our understanding of learning processes. METHODS Individuals dia...

Editorial. At the crossroads.

Colombia at the Crossroads

ove rv i ew The In s ti tute for the Stu dy of Di p l om acy hosted the spring session of the Sch l e s i n ger Work i n g Group on the topic of s tra tegic su rprise in Co l ombi a . Af ter a pre s en t a ti on on four po ten tial scen a rios that may face Co l om bia (see next page ) , S ch l e s i n ger Working Group core mem bers and Co l om bia specialists ex a m i n ed the key factors dri...

Immunology at the crossroads

tell us stories that live in our minds long after we read their words. After 20 years of training some 200 graduate students, I can report some progress in convincing editors that properly trained scientists can do the job of reporting on science for general readers. However—and this is a big however— editors still insist that these scientists must, no matter what their qualification in science...