Abstract
Child psychiatrists and clinical psychologists have grown increasingly aware of the fact that we have produced very few rigorous studies evaluating the process and outcome of the child psychotherapies. In discussing the major developments within child psychiatry during the last 25 years, Eisenberg (1969) stated, Although occasional studies ... do provide some evidence in favor of psychotherapy, most studies have been unable to provide systematic evidence of benefit when the treated are contrasted with waiting list or designated controls. Later in the same article Eisenberg identified two newer forms of psychological treatment (family therapy and behavior therapy) which may hold more promise and urged that their efficacy be evaluated through carefully controlled studies. The present paper describes such a controlled clinical evaluation of the effects of using behavior therapy with groups of child outpatients. The study was designed to speak to several questions. First, what
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