Token Economies AO3

Question 1

There is limited…

Answer 1

evidence to support the effectiveness
-review of 3 studies investigated it and found limited impact
-only 1 of 3 studies showed any improvement in symptoms and no significant change in maladaptive behaviours

Question 2

Token economies can raise…

Answer 2

ethical issues
-privileges are more available to patients with mild symptoms and less available to those with more severe symptoms that prevent them from complying
-most severely ill patients experience discrimination as their symptoms prevent them from accessing this management technique.

Question 3

Token economies does not get to the…

Answer 3

root cause of SZ
-the aim is to make SZ more manageable and improve their quality of life
-makes their behavior more socially acceptable
-mainly effective in institutions, when patients are sent home they lose the structure they had to manage their behavior
-high chance of relapse