Psychotherapy via Internet found as good as or better than face-to-face

Re:Psychotherapy via Internet found as good as or better tha... by ForrestN on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @04:57PM (#6136787)

I would say "found as" is a little misleading when the size is so small. Maybe "initial evidence suggests" or something would be more accurate.

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Re:Psychotherapy via Internet found as good as or better tha... by bigfudge on Thursday August 01, 2013 @04:18AM (#6139197)

I think there's actually an argument not to discuss these small pilot studies outside of the immediate community of researchers. The studies aren't powered to detect a difference, and history tells us we're more likely to be mislead than enlightened by interpreting the results of small trials.

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Re:Psychotherapy via Internet found as good as or better tha... by duaneb on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:48AM (#6147671)

> we're more likely to be mislead than enlightened by interpreting the results of small trials

Potentially yes, but when you consider anecdotal evidence to be trials with sample size 1, this is still a large improvement.

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