Henrik Berg

University of Bergen | UiB · Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

This paper addresses an implicit presupposition in research‐supported psychological treatmentsand evidence‐based practice in psychology. It argues that the notion of research‐supportedpsychological treatments is based on a reductive conceptualisation of psychotherapy. Research‐supported psychological treatments hinge upon an empirical reduction whe...

Evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP) is ordinarily understood to demarcate between legitimate and illegitimate psychotherapy practice, based upon the epistemic demarcation distinguishing scientific from non-scientific knowledge. EBPP emphasizes the value of effective and efficient interventions identified through randomized controlled trial...

This paper criticises evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP) for not actually being a tripartite model. According to the American Psychological Association, EBPP is defined as the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences. Nonetheless, EBPP fails to b...

The policy statement for evidence-based practice in psychology is the most important document in contemporary psychotherapy. In its current form, evidence-based practice in psychology gives scientific research precedence in psychotherapy practice. However, psychotherapy practice's complexity warrants reflection beyond the limits of science. The imp...

Hva er psykoterapi? Forfatteren av denne boken hevder at psykoterapi er en normativ praksis. Spørsmål om "godt og "vondt" samt "rett og "galt" henger uløselig sammen med psykoterapiens mål, som dermed ikke kan forstås uten å integrere etisk tenkning. Prinsipperklæringen for evidensbasert praksis i psykologi danner bakgrunnen for analysen.

Evidence‐based healthcare is the prevailing model for healthcare services. In Cochrane's seminal thinking, political context was included with the purpose of promoting healthcare equity. However, the subsequent evidence‐based healthcare models marginalized political context. In this paper, we argue that current models of evidence‐based healthcare f...

Background: Substance use disorder (SUD) is often understood as a chronic illness. Aims: This paper investigates whether SUD is treated as a chronic illness. Method: To this aim, we have used World Health Organizations (WHO's) definition of chronic illness to conduct a comparative analysis of SUD and type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is another chr...

The aim of this paper is to analyze epistemic interactions in healthcare practices. In clinical encounters, participants exchange and interpret knowledge. Patients suffering from fibromyalgia often report that healthcare professionals do not take their testimonies and interpretations seriously. Such experiences will be explored using the concept of...

Evidence-based practice in psychology consists of two quality parameters. One of these quality parameters is efficacy and the other is efficiency. In this article, it is argued that the only relevant parameter for determining quality in clinical care is efficiency. Moreover, emphasising efficacy in psychotherapy practice is symptomatic of a sciento...

Slender and skinny body ideals have been associated with psychological disorders such as eating disorders. However, the tendency to promote a “healthier” and more athletic female body ideal has received minimal critical attention. This study aims at exploring the underlying conditions for such an athletic ideal through asking: How is the female ath...

Issues: Recovery is a theoretical construct and empirical object of inquiry. The aim was to review whether outcome measures used in randomised controlled trials of drug treatment reflect a comprehensive conceptualisation of recovery. Approach: Systematic review using the following databases: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Cont...

Therapist self‐disclosure is one of the most controversial topics in the history of psychotherapy. The controversies reflect some basic discussions regarding the nature of psychotherapy practice. In psychotherapy practice, a particular concern is the interaction between the psychotherapist and the patient. The expert‐patient interaction has been ad...

Background: The perceived benefits of drug use are not currently integrated into the treatment of substance use disorder. This omission appears paradoxical and is unsubstantiated by empirical research. As the perceived benefits of drug use are catalysts for drug initiation, relapse and continuous use, increased knowledge about these benefits seems...

Background: Individuals with psychosis are heavy consumers of social media. It is unknown to what degree measures of social functioning include measures of online social activity. Objective: To examine the inclusion of social media activity in measures of social functioning in psychosis and ultrahigh risk (UHR) for psychosis. Methods: Two independe...

Background Social functioning impairment is a core predictor of outcome in psychosis and a main target for interventions. Assessments reflecting social reality are thus essential. After the 2004 advent of Facebook, social networking platforms have become integral to young peoples’ social life and yet it is unclear whether this is being assessed. Th...

UNSTRUCTURED Background: Individuals with psychosis are heavy consumers of social media. It is unknown to which degree measures of social functioning include measures of online social activity. Objective: To examine the inclusion of social media activity in measures of social functioning in psychosis and ultra high-risk for psychosis. Design: Syste...

Background: Individuals with psychosis are heavy consumers of social media. It is unknown to what degree measures of social functioning include measures of online social activity. Objective: To examine the inclusion of social media activity in measures of social functioning in psychosis and ultrahigh risk (UHR) for psychosis. Methods: Two inde...

Psychotherapy integration aims at transcending the confining borders of single-school approaches. Self-disclosure is an intervention in which the psychotherapist verbally discloses something personal about him or herself. In this study, we investigated therapists' experiences of using self-disclosures within an integrative context. Interviews were...

In this study, interviews were conducted to investigate therapists’ rationales for self-disclosing in therapy. Ten therapists were interviewed whereof six were women, four were men and the median age was 58. The methodological framework was hermeneutic phenomenological which means that we investigated how therapists attribute meaning to experiences...