Brief Strategic Therapy exhibits efficacy comparable to other psychotherapies

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Evidence from multiple randomized trials indicates that brief strategic and behavioral psychotherapies yield clinical efficacy comparable to, and sometimes exceeding, traditional or longer psychotherapeutic modalities.

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The retrieved papers include direct clinical trials comparing brief strategic or behavioral therapies with other psychotherapies (such as CBT), demonstrating comparable or superior outcomes across conditions like binge eating disorder, couple counseling, and insomnia. No retrieved papers refute the claim.

Evidence for · 3

Brief Strategic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Women with Binge Eating Disorder and Comorbid Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial One-Year Follow-Up

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Jeffrey B. Jackson, G. Pietrabissa, A. Rossi, G. Manzoni, G. Castelnuovo. Brief Strategic Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Women with Binge Eating Disorder and Comorbid Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial One-Year Follow-Up. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000313

Paper [0] demonstrates that Brief Strategic Therapy achieves clinical outcomes comparable to, and in some metrics exceeding, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in binge eating disorder.

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Couple therapy with parents: Results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial testing the Integrative Brief Systemic Intervention (IBSI).

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J. Darwiche, J. Antonietti, Cindy Eira Nunes, N. Favez, Esther Liekmeier, Y. de Roten. Couple therapy with parents: Results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial testing the Integrative Brief Systemic Intervention (IBSI).. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12625

Paper [8] shows that Brief Systemic Intervention produces improvements in functioning comparable to standard couple therapy models.

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Comparative Efficacy of Brief Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.

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Faizul Hasan, C. J. Gordon, Lia Taurussia Yuliana, Debby Syahru Romadlon, H. Chiu. Comparative Efficacy of Brief Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.70075

Paper [10] finds that brief behavioral therapies achieve treatment outcomes comparable to full cognitive behavioral therapy protocols for insomnia.

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