significant improvement exists. Treatment outcomes may be improved,
not only through technical variations or new additions, but
also by considering better ways of integrating common, therapist,
and patient-related factors. Further research and randomized trials
that include measures of the four major variance components
underpinning the therapy’s effects are recommended to determine
the formula behind the optimal practice of CBT. All future clinical
trials should be conducted according to a common standard that
prescribes which information should be collected, at a minimum,
in all psychotherapy studies