POTS AO1

Question 1

relating to the spec what is POTS classified as

Answer 1

contemporary study for a disorder other than schizophrenia

Question 2

what was POTS aim

Answer 2

to invedtigate if CBT is more or less effective than SSRI’S or if a combined approach is best when treating children and adolecence with OCD

Question 3

what drug did POTS use

Answer 3

sertraline

Question 4

how long was the study conducted for

Answer 4

12 weeks

Question 5

how many pp where there

Answer 5

112

Question 6

what ages where pp

Answer 6

7-17 yrs

Question 7

what kind of sample was it

Answer 7

volunterre

Question 8

what made it a volunteer sample

Answer 8

placing advertisments in the media

Question 9

what happened to pp before the study

Answer 9

they where screened

Question 10

what where pp screened using

Answer 10

severity of their symptoms using childrens yale-brown obsessive compulsive scale

Question 11

how where ethics adhered to

Answer 11

all 112 paitents and one of their parents gave written informed consent

Question 12

how many conditions where pp split into

Answer 12

four

Question 13

what was each condition

Answer 13

drug only
CBT only
placepo pill
CBT and drug combined

Question 14

what was the drug and placebo procedure?

Answer 14

drugs only and placebo procedure required children to attend weekly clinical sessions for the first six weeks of the study and then every other week

Question 15

what did the CBT condition require

Answer 15

14 clinical sessions over a 12 week period
the CBT involved mapping OCD symptoms and exposure and response ritual prevention

Question 16

what did POTS find

Answer 16

found that in CBT condition 39.3% entered remission wheras in the drug condition 21.4% entered remission. over all the placebo had no effect but the drug and CBT condition had the most effect in total

Question 17

what did POTS then conclude

Answer 17

combined treatment of CBT and drug (sertraline) was the most effective in reducing OCD symptoms