psychological therapies

Question 1

CBT

Answer 1

• used for treating mental disorders
• involves helping patients identify irrational thoughs and challenge them
• involves argument or discussion

Question 2

family therapy

Answer 2

• interventions carried out with family members which aim to improve their communication and reduce stress
• aims to reduce expressed emotion
  pharoah
• form alliences with all family members
• reudction of anger and guilt

Question 3

token economies

Answer 3

desirable behaviours are encouraged by the use of selective reinforcement

tokens - given to patients when they have carried out a desirable behaviour

rewards- tokens can be swapped for more tangible rewards

Question 4

strengths

Answer 4

research support - dury
- found a decrease in positive symptoms and a 25%-50% decrease in recovery time for patients who were given a combination of cbt and drugs

research support - pharoah
- reviewed family therapy effectiveness and found that it reduces hospital readmissions

research support - janvier
- 34 studies of cbt cocluded that there was a small but significant on symptoms

Question 5

limitations

Answer 5

ethical issues - token economy
- cbt = can interefere with a patients freedom of thought
-token economy = privaleges become more available to patients with mild symptoms rather than more serious that prevents them from complying with desirable behvaiour
- discrimination