A02 psychological therapies psychoanalysis Flashcards
What are the strength sections
Effectiveness
Length of treatment
Who studied effectiveness
Bergin
What did bergin do and find
Analysed patient data
Found 80% benefited from psychoanalysis compared to eclectic therapies who only had 65% benefited
Conclusion for effectiveness
Modest support from bergin for psychology a lysis effectiveness
But only effective if lengthy and intensive
Who studied length of treatment
Bergin or tschuschke et al
What did tschuschke et al find and do
Tested long term psychodynamic treatment
The longer the psychotherapeutic treatments took, the better the outcomes
Conclusion for length of treatment
Cz it’s known to be king thy, it indicates thus is a strength of the psychoanalysis therapy cz lengthy = more successful treatment according to study
What are the limitation sections
Theoretical limitations
Appropriateness
Repressed memories may be false memories
Talk about theoretical limitations
Psychoanalysis is based on frauds theory which is flawed, if that’s flawed psychoanalysis is flawed cz it’s explanations of mental illness is flawed
Talk about appropriateness
Frauds theory doesn’t stress the differences between indvs. It imposes specific theories on them instead of a dressing problem by putting client first
This isn’t appropriate so the therapy isn’t appropriate
Talk about repressed memories may be false memories
Loftus challenges the fundamental psychoanalytic belief that uncovering repressed memories during therapy is the key to recovery
Who studied repressed memories can be false memories
Loftus
APA
What did Loftus do and find
Little evidence to support patients can reliably recall early memories that have been repressed
What did APA do and find
Mist people who were abused as kids remember all or most of what happened so Loftus isn’t right
