Evaluative Points Therapy

Question 1

Evaluative points of Drug Therapy

Answer 1

Effectiveness strength:
Research evidence (khan et al)
cheap

Effectiveness weakness:
side effects

Ethics weakness:
placebos (soomro et al)
valid consent

Question 2

Give the evaluative points for dream therapy

Answer 2

Effectiveness
strength: Research support (Matt and navarno and solms)
weakness: Research support (Hobson and Mccarley)

Methodological
Weakness: lacks ecological validity (solms et al)

Ethics:
strength: Valid consent

weakness:
power imbalance,
risk of psychological harm
false memory disorder.

Question 3

What are the evaluative points of Aversion Therapy?

Answer 3

Effectiveness:
Strength: Research support (smith et al)
Weakness: Research Support (Bancroft)
Weakness: Ineffective (miller)

Ethics:
BPS guidelines (harm to PP)
Social sensitive history

Question 4

what are the evaluative points of CBT?

Answer 4

Effectiveness:
For: Research support (Jarett)
Against: Individual difference and Therapist skill (Kuyken)

Ethics:
For: Empowerment / free will
Against: Patient Blame and Subjectivity (Abrahamson)

Question 5

What are the evaluate points of the Mindfulness?

Answer 5

effectiveness strength:
application to other therapies with 3 examples. (teasdale, reibel giannou)

Ethics strengths:
moral (Ruedy and Schwitzer)
therapy is very positive