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| <snip>So if our book states "eating disorders benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy" and we are asked what is to be used for treating EDs in the exam, you still have to say "psychoanalysis" because of the lecturer's personal preference.
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I would say that is a symptom of a problem that I've noticed within the little that I know of clinical Psychology in Switzerland - many professors still have a lot of faith in psychoanalysis and other methods that have a long history but not much scientific support. Professors and attitudes amongst psychologists in N. America seemed to be very much more into more modern and empirically validated methods; for instance, cognitive behavior therapy.