ABSTRACT
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This chapter describes a broad range of therapies and treatments that has developed to treat psychopathology. The treatments discussed cover biological treatments (such as drug-based treatments) and the major psychotherapies that have been developed from a range of different theoretical perspectives (e.g. psychoanalysis, humanistic therapies, behaviour therapies and cognitive therapies). Each section introduces the reader to the main principles upon which these therapies are based. Finally, this chapter discusses methods for assessing the effectiveness of therapies.
