Getting Treatment Right Despite the prevalence of cancer in the elderly,
treatment studies rarely include people older than 70, leaving doctors without clear guidance on what works best for such patients.
Not exact matches
First described in 1987, wet wrap therapy has
rarely been
studied and has never been used as a standardized
treatment for children with atopic dermatitis.
And yet sham surgery
studies are
rarely done, especially in the U.S., where ethics boards resist subjecting patients to incisions, anesthesia and other risks without delivering an actual
treatment.
«Prolonged exposure therapy is the most
studied evidence - based, theory - driven
treatment for adults with PTSD, but it is
rarely provided to adolescents because of concern that it may exacerbate PTSD symptoms or the belief that patients must master coping skills before exposure can safely be provided.»
Another criticism leveled against manual - based
treatments is that clinical situations
rarely mirror the tightly controlled conditions of a clinical research
study.1 Criteria for participation in psychotherapy research often require accurate and differential diagnosis, which can be time consuming and costly.