Treatment For Inpulse Contril

Question 1

Biological treatment

Answer 1

Opiate antagonists, SSRI

Question 2

Strength of Grant et al

Answer 2

Double blind placebo increases validity.Used YBOCS to assess symptoms administered by someone unaware of condition of patient.Reasearch if they knew this could have conveyed which group the ppt was in.

Question 3

A weakness of grant et al

Answer 3

Did not conduct follow up assessment after 16 to 18 weeks trial periods were finished.
The positive afffect of the opiate antagonist may therefore only have been short term

Question 4

Another Strength of grant et al

Answer 4

Ppt recruited from 15 different treatment centre. Ppt (19-72)
Range of ethnicities , marital and emplsoymemt status.Making it more representative of target population

Question 5

Ethics grant et al

Answer 5

Drug trials approved by review board of uni of minesita.informed consent all risks explained

Question 6

Glover et al Eval

Answer 6

Weakness
Not generalisable only assessed kleptomania in a middle aged woman may not represent wider pop

Question 7

Eval cover sensitisation

Answer 7

Strength
It’s supported by research evidence like glover. Shows that a disorder which dominates someone’s life for decades can be treated within two months
Does not have any side affect like opiates

Question 8

A weakness of covert sensitisation

Answer 8

If someone can’t imagine scenes this is ineffective for example people with aphantasia who can’t willingly do this. They must be able to imagine scenes which cause a sensation

Question 9

Difference between progressive muscles relaxation and applied tension

Answer 9

Progressive muscle relaxation involves breathing which applied tension does not