Best treatments for clinical disorders
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- Created on: 02-05-18 22:37
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- Clinical Psychology
- Anxiety Disorders
- Specific Phobias (SP)
- Behavioural therapy best choice
- Graded exposure therapy E.G. one-session treatment (OST) most effective
- Cognitive therapy alone not helpful
- Graded exposure therapy E.G. one-session treatment (OST) most effective
- Behavioural therapy best choice
- Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
- Group CBT most effective
- Cognitive therapy alone unclear effectiveness
- Behavioural therapy alone (graded exposure) may be useful but used more with SP's
- Cognitive therapy alone unclear effectiveness
- Group CBT most effective
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) most common + effective
- Most tricky anxiety disorder to treat
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) most common + effective
- Panic Disorder (PD)
- Panic control treatment (PCT) most effective
- CBT also useful in conjunction with medication
- Panic control treatment (PCT) most effective
- Agoraphobia
- If panic symptoms present, PCT effective
- CBT also useful in conjunction with medication
- If panic symptoms present, PCT effective
- Specific Phobias (SP)
- Mood Disorders
- Depression
- CBT most effective in conjunction with medication (but can be as useful as medication for most depression)
- Behavioural therapy alone not useful
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) shows similar improvements to CBT on mood
- CBT better for chronic depression
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) shows similar improvements to CBT on mood
- Behavioural therapy alone not useful
- CBT most effective in conjunction with medication (but can be as useful as medication for most depression)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Biological treatment best
- Mood stabilisers common but some only treat mania rather than depressive symptoms
- Biological treatment best
- Depression
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- CBT highly effective
- Cognitive therapy highly effective at symptom reduction
- Emotional processing promising cognitive therapy with focus on emotions
- Behavioural therapy (exposure) can be used for conditioned responses
- Emotional processing promising cognitive therapy with focus on emotions
- Cognitive therapy highly effective at symptom reduction
- CBT highly effective
- Psychotic Disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Atypical Antipsychotics best medication (usually essential and can be used in conjunction with psychological therapy)
- CBT often dismissed but good evidence
- Behavioural therapies good for neg symptoms
- Cognitive therapy can help adapt thinking about symptoms to help cope with reality
- Behavioural therapies good for neg symptoms
- CBT often dismissed but good evidence
- Atypical Antipsychotics best medication (usually essential and can be used in conjunction with psychological therapy)
- Schizophrenia
- Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- CBT effective for mild-moderate (as effective as medication)
- Exposure and response prevention (ERP) also effective
- CBT combined with ERP is most efficient
- Exposure and response prevention (ERP) also effective
- CBT effective for mild-moderate (as effective as medication)
- Personality Disorders
- Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) most effective
- Evidence to support mentalisation based therapy (MBT) better effectiveness than CBT
- MBT = psychodynamic + attachment based
- DBT = skills focused psyc intervention (acceptance and change skills)
- Evidence to support mentalisation based therapy (MBT) better effectiveness than CBT
- Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) most effective
- Anxiety Disorders
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