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What 'evidence-based therapy' actually means

Cochrane's plain-language explainers on systematic reviews — the tool that decides what 'works.'

Cochrane8 min read

'Evidence-based' has become a marketing term as often as a methodological one. Cochrane is the international gold standard for systematic reviews of healthcare interventions, including psychotherapies and psychiatric medications.

Their public-facing 'Evidence' hub explains how reviews are conducted, why effect sizes matter more than p-values, and how to read a forest plot — a small investment that meaningfully changes how news headlines about mental health treatments read.

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