Psychology research is not a self-help manual

Exactly. Or why bother at all with individual therapy if the research has no meaning for individuals. Without research, individual therapy would all be based on the therapist’s opinions and biases. Boundegar has a point about many layman not having the statistical literacy that you’re talking about. But most articles I read are pretty clear about the limited implications that all individual studies have. So, again I’m just not sure what the problem is. There will always be unrealistic headlines promising miracles.