Evaluation Of Adversion Therapy

Question 1

Research- smith et al (1997)?

Answer 1

Found that alcoholic who were treated with AV therapy (using shocks or a drug to induce nausea had higher abstinence rates after those treated with abstinence rates after one year than those who were treated with counseling alone

Question 2

Research support- smith 1988?

Answer 2

Also reported success with a group of 300 smokers: 52% of those treated with shocks remained abstinence after one year

Question 3

Effectiveness- research to SEEW paragraph?

Answer 3

S- AV therapy has research support
E- Smith et al (1997) reaserch
E- this suggests to us that AV therapy is effective, particularly with treating addictions such as alcohol
W- This is a strength because their is research to highlight the success of this therapy

Question 4

Effectiveness- patient drop out Bancroft 1992?

Answer 4

Found that up to 50% of patients either refuse treatment of drop out of the treatment programmes. This means that willing patients are participants in the therapy

Question 5

Effectiveness- patient drop out SEEW para?

Answer 5

S-A weekness of aversion therapy is that only willing patients have engaged with the therapy are reperesented by the reasearch
E- This is because AV therapy has a high number of patients drop out or patients that refuse treatment
E- Bancroft 1992
W- This is a weakness because it’s difficult to evaluate how affective aversion therapy is since the majority of patients who have undergone this therapy had been willing in the first place

Question 6

Effectiveness- treating the symptom not the cause SEEW?

Answer 6

S- There may be many criticisms argue that many aversion therapy’s treat the behavior and not the cause
E- The behavior approach sees the behavior as a problem and doesn’t consider treating anything associated with this
E- This risks a situation were a client replaces their unwanted behaviour with something else e.g. smoking replaced with drinking alcohol
W- This is a weakness as it means that it can cause more negative problems then good

Question 7

Effectiveness- effects may be long term SEEW?

Answer 7

S- Another weakness of aversion therapy is that there is question surrounding how long term the effects are
E- Furthermore, many patients treated within the therapists office may appear to fuller recover, however this may hit remain outside of the therapy, when the aversive stimuli and are no longer present
E- For example, a car crash they can talk about car crash in therapy and when put in an unpleasant situation it may false memory to flood back
W- This is a weakness because it shows that aversion therapy isn’t that beneficial

Question 8

Ethics- the treatment of homosexuality evidence?

Answer 8

Up until 2006, aversion therapy was used to treat homosexuality
The method involved placing men in unpleasant situations or giving them drugs whilst being shown pictures of pin up males

Question 9

Ethics- the treatment of homosexuality SEEW paragraph?

Answer 9

S- One unethically reason of aversion therapy is the controversial topics it believes to heal
E-One example of this is treatment of homosexuality, in 2006 aversion therapy was used to treat homosexuality in America and UK
E- For example, the therapy will involve placing men in unpleasant situations or giving them drugs whilst showing them pictures or pin up males
W- This is an ethical issue is homosexuality isn’t something to be cured. It is something many live with that is not a desires its their sexuality

Question 10

Ethics- control SEEW paragraph?

Answer 10

S- One ethical issues is the aversion therapy is the level of control that the therapist has over the patients
E- Aversion therapy can have some seriously unpleasant impacts for the patients
E- e.g. Electric shocks or vomiting inducing drugs have been criticized for having more control over the patients
W- This is an ethical issues because this might cause additional trauma