Evaluation Of Psychological Treatments Flashcards
1
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What did Jahuar et al review?
A
Results of 34 studies of CBT and found it had a significant but fairly small impact on positive and negative symptoms
2
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What did Pharoah et al review?
A
The effectiveness of family therapy and found evidence it reduces hospital admission over the years
3
Q
What does CBT do?
A
It helps improve quality of life for patients but it doesn’t help cure the illness
4
Q
Ethical issues with tone economies?
A
They are controversial with the idea that those who receive privileges are the less severe patients as they are able to comply more - more ill are discriminated against
