Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo

by David Lo Teacher Teacher

This article first appeared in Psychiatric Times on May 26th, 2016

Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo, comments on “The Interplay of Mood Disorders and Eating Disorders” by Blair Uniacke, MD and Allegra Broft, MD, May 26, 2016 issue of the Psychiatric Times:

The authors state that CBT is a “well established” evidence-based treatment” for mood disorders, however, there has never been a single-(=which is defined as patient blind) or double-blind, and thus no blind-placebo, controlled clinical trial of CBT for any indication.

This is one reference, however, regardless of this study no CBT trial has ever had more than masked assessment which just records the subjective reports of the subject-treater system, bias can not be filtered by an unblinded study, and conclusive efficacy statements should be tempered:

Psychol Med. 2010 Jan;40(1):9-24. doi: 10.1017/S003329170900590X.

Cognitive behavioural therapy for major psychiatric disorder: does it really work? A meta-analytical review of well-controlled trials. Lynch D, Laws KR, McKenna PJ.

Doug Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
US Board Certified Psychiatrist
Tokyo, Japan

Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo and his staff at the Meguro Counseling Center in the Shibuya-Ebisu area provide mental health care for individuals, couples, and families, in both English and Japanese.

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