Interactionalist Approach - Treating

Question 1

Interactionalist approach to treatment targets

Answer 1

More than one factor (biological, environmental, social or psychological)

Question 2

Usual treatment duo

Answer 2

Antipsychotic medication and psychological therapies eg CBT

Question 3

Example of how interactionalist approach used in treatment

Answer 3

When admitted to hospital - drug therapy

• on going basis CBT and drugs
• art therapist to help with negative symptoms

Question 4

How is treatment in UK different to USA

Answer 4

It has taken USA longer to adapt interactionalist approach to treatment
- patients may be given medication without psychological therapy

Question 5

Strength of interactionalist treating

Answer 5

Tarrier 315 patients randomly allocated to different treatment

• patient in treatment groups showed lower symptom levels than those in control group
• suggesting interactionalist has better outcomes

Question 6

Weakness of interactionalist treatment

Answer 6

• treatment causation fallacy
• just because using range of treatments is effective, doesn’t mean interactionalist approach is correct
• because we don’t know how diathesis stressors interact, we don’t know why combining treatments is effective
• questioning validity of adopting this approach