drug therapy - evaluations

Question 1

moral dilemma

Answer 1

• calm paitents distressed by hallucinations and delusions = helps them engage with other treatments
• believed that antipsychotics are used in hospital situations and make staff easier to work with
• drugs = dehumanising as they take away personal responsibility and control
• may not have consented

Question 2

thronley et al 2003

Answer 2

• 13 trials
• 1121 ppt showed that chlorpromazine was associated with better overall functioning and reduced symptom severity when compared to placebos

Question 3

problems with the research = healy

Answer 3

• short term effects only and some successful trials have had their data published multiple times
• powerful calming effects = easier to demonstrate positive effect but cant make the assumption that it treats the severity of symptoms