Assessing the effectiveness of treatments Flashcards
ISSUE of assessing the effectiveness of treatments
Its important to assess the effectiveness of treatment so that we can give patients the best care possible
History of psychology and harm of ppt
To prevent abuse
To ensure the rights of ppt
To make sure research is effective and can help people
New research needs new scrutiny
Randomized control trials in assessing the effectiveness of treatments
Experiments that follow independent measures design. Ppt randomly assinged to groups
Main method of establishing effectiveness of drugs in medicine
efficacy vs effectiveness
efficacy: RCT objectively impartially (equal treatment) judge effectiveness of therapy, control all factors, randomize to diff conditions (reduce chance due to individual differences), double blind reduce researcher bias
publication bias (serotonin)
real world doctrs, how this treatment works, subjective, doctor gp, psychiatrist diff opinions, variaty in symptoms of ppl, but real world
most people who take meds irl might not be same controlled, top ppl doing trials, med breakthrough, same experience
Meta-analyses in assessing the treatment of disorders
complete comparison across studies
any one individual study could be biased
if one off or consistent results - good reliability
spot patterns which cant be spotted in single trials
eg if anomaly in one study keeps getting repeated in other studies then it might be pattern, not anomaly
counteract individual weakness of single studies
diff ppt characteristics
E.g some depression studies on diff cultures, diff age of ppt
Gives u larger insight into studies
Qualitative research studies in assessing the effectiveness of treatments
Look at subjective experiences of patients, interpretations of treatment and changes theyre going through. Cant be found using quantiative methods
Interviews, focus groups, observations used. Can be used for generating a theory firt, then testing theory w quantiative methods
