Unsolved:Purple hat therapy

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Short description: Therapy crediting an unlikely new addition rather than established effective therapy
In imaginary purple hat therapy, a person being treated is required to wear a purple hat, but it is not responsible for any effectiveness the treatment has.

Purple hat therapy refers to any medical practice in which an established form of therapy is mixed with an unlikely new addition (such as wearing a purple hat) and then is claimed to be effective because of the new addition, when in fact the effectiveness is due to the established component.[1]

Origin and description

The term "purple hat therapy" was coined by Gerald Rosen and Gerald Davison in their 2003 paper, Psychology should list empirically supported principles of change (ESPs) and not credential trademarked therapies or other treatment packages.[2] The therapy is accepted as effective because it is assessed overall; the additional element of the "purple hat" is not tested as distinct and does not need to prove its extra worth.[3] Its invention is followed by the publication of papers discussing it and special training courses.[4]

In addition to introducing unnecessary elements into the treatment, purple hat therapies can hinder the scientific understanding of effective treatments for the condition in question.[5]

Application

Purple hat therapy has been used as an analogue for eye movement desensitization and reprocessing since it takes established exposure therapy and adds non-science based activities such as eye movement as a "purple hat".[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rosquist 2005, p. 94; Neudeck & Wittchen 2012, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Rosquist 2005, p. 94. For the original see Rosen & Davidson 2003.
  3. ↑ Tryon 2014, p 31.
  4. ↑ Neudeck & Wittchen 2012, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Tolin 2020.
  6. ↑ Rosquist 2005, p. 94; Mercer 2019, p. 179; Herbert 2003: "If this example seems unrealistic, consider the case of [EMDR] ..."

Sources

  • "The Science and Practice of Empirically Supported Treatments". Behavior Modification (SAGE Publications) 27 (3): 412–430. 2003. doi:10.1177/0145445503027003008. ISSN 0145-4455. PMID 12841591. 
  • "Chapter 12: Trauma and attachment". Pseudoscience in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: A Skeptical Field Guide. Cambridge University Press. 7 March 2019. pp. 172–188. ISBN 9781107175310. 
  • "Chapter 1: Introduction: Rethinking the Model – Refining the Method". Exposure Therapy (1st ed.). Springer. 2012. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3342-2_1. ISBN 978-1-4614-3341-5. 
  • "Psychology should list empirically supported principles of change (ESPs) and not credential trademarked therapies or other treatment packages". Behav Modif 27 (3): 300–12. July 2003. doi:10.1177/0145445503027003003. PMID 12841586. 
  • Exposure Treatments for Anxiety Disorders: A Practitioner's Guide to Concepts, Methods, and Evidence-Based Practice. Routledge. 2005. ISBN 9781136915772. 
  • "Advances in the identification of empirically supported psychological treatments.". Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice (American Psychological Association (APA)) 27 (4). 2020. doi:10.1111/cpsp.12356. ISSN 1468-2850. 
  • Cognitive Neuroscience And Psychotherapy – Network Principles for a Unified Theory. Elsevier. 2014. ISBN 9780124200982. 

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