ABSTRACT

Clinical psychological scientists have spent decades attempting to understand “what works for whom” in the context of youth psychotherapy, toward the longstanding goal of personalizing psychosocial interventions to fit individual needs and characteristics. However, as the articles in this Special Issue jointly underscore, more than 50 years of psychotherapy research has yet to help us realize this goal. In this introduction to the special issue, we outline how and why “aspiration-method mismatches” have hampered progress toward identifying moderators of youth psychotherapy; emphasize the need to embrace etiological complexity and scientific humility in pursuing new methodological solutions and propose individual and structural strategies for better-aligning clinical research methods with the goal of personalizing mental health care for youth with diverse identities and treatment needs.

摘要

临床心理科学家花了数十年的时间试图了解青少年心理治疗中“什么对谁有效”，以实现个性化心理社会干预措施以适应个人需求和特征的长期目标。然而，正如本期特刊文章共同强调的那样，50多年的心理治疗研究尚未帮助我们实现这一目标。在本期特刊的介绍中，我们概述了“愿望与方法不匹配”如何以及为何阻碍了确定青年心理治疗调节因素的进展；强调在寻求新的方法解决方案时需要考虑病因的复杂性和科学的谦逊性，并提出个体和结构策略，以更好地调整临床研究方法，以期为具有不同身份和治疗需求的青少年提供个性化的心理健康护理。