Bradshaw Flashcards

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What was the aim of Bradshaw?

A

To do a case study to see if CBT can be used to treat Schizophrenia

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What was the sample in Bradshaw?

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One 26 year old woman with Schizophrenia called Carol

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3
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How long was the case study?

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3 years

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What did the first stage involve?

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Building a rapport with the therapist

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What did the second stage involve?

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Understanding how CBT would work for her

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What did the third stage involve?

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Undergoing CBT, the final 3 months involved no sessions

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What was involved in the CBT?

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Managing stress, challenging her thoughts, increasing activities, practicing this in the real world

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What measurements were used in Bradshaw?

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Role functioning scale, number of hospitalisations, Goal attainment scale and Global pathology index

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When did Carol complete the tests

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Before theapy, each year, 6 months after and 1 year after

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What did we find about her Psychosocial functioning?

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It improved from 6 to 27 at the end and this continued for a full year

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What were the results of her Symptamology?

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It went down from 7 to 1 at the end and this continued for a full year

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What were the results about hospitalisation?

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Her hospitalisations went from 60 to 0 which continued for up to a year after

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What were the results from her Goal attainment scale?

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It went from 19.85 to 80.15 which continued for a full year

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What is an issue with the sample?

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Small and unique case so not generalisable to a wider population

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What is a strength of this being longitudinal?

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We can see development and change in her Schizophrenia over time

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16
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What is good about case studies like that of Carol?

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Lots of depth and detail about her Schizophrenia and progression

17
Q

Is Bradshaw’s study reliable?

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Yes because there are various standardised measurements however case studies on unique cases over a long time are difficult to repeat

18
Q

What is good about using things like GPI, RFS etc?

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Triangulation so you get concurrent validity and they’re accreditted tests therefore they are valid

19
Q

What are issues with doing a case study over 3 years?

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There are lots of extraneous variables which can influence her Schizophrenia