drug therapy evaluation AO3

Question 1

what is a supporting research for drug therapy

Answer 1

POTS

Question 2

what did POTS find

Answer 2

POTS found that when OCD paitents where treated in the drugs-alone condition there was a 21.4% decrease in obsession and compulsions

Question 3

how does this support drug therapy

Answer 3

t/f this shows that drugs such as SSRI’S can significantly decrease obsessions and compulsions and symptoms in OCD paitents

Question 4

what is a weakness with POTS research

Answer 4

although POTS found a 21.4% decrease in OCD symptoms when patients where treated with drugs alnoe their was a much larger decrease in symptoms when OCD paitents where treated with a condition of CBT and drugs combined

Question 5

how does this negative of POTS then oppose drug therapy

Answer 5

t/f decreasing the validity of drug therapy as an effective treatment for OCD symptoms as it is not as effective as combined with CBT as it doesn’t account for nurture and only nature

Question 6

what is anouther weakness of drug therapy

Answer 6

koran et al

Question 7

what did koran et al do

Answer 7

conducted 80 week trail study on OCD patients taking sertraline

Question 8

what did koran et al find

Answer 8

relapse rate of 21% in those remaining on the drug compared to 59% on the placebo

Question 9

how does this oppose drug therapy

Answer 9

t/f reducing the validity of drug therapy as it only treats the symptoms of OCD and not the cause so relapse is still possible.

Question 10

what is a strength of drug therapy

Answer 10

stanford school of medicen

Question 11

what did stanford school of medicene find

Answer 11

found that 40-60% of paitents respond to SSRIS and clropromazine

Question 12

how does this support drug therapy

Answer 12

t/f increasing the validity of drug therapy in decreasing symproms of OCD and treating paitents

Question 13

what is another supporting research for drug therapy