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Paper 2: Applications of Psychology - Clinical psychology
Quick questions on Treatments and the medical model in clinical psychology - Edexcel A-Level Psychology
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What is evaluating effectiveness?Show answer
Effectiveness is judged through randomised controlled trials that compare a treatment with a placebo and with other treatments, through relapse rates over time, and through measures of everyday functioning. The double-blind procedure (neither patient nor clinician knows who gets the active treatment) controls for expectation and experimenter bias. A treatment that beats placebo on a significance test, with low relapse and improved functioning, is judged effective.
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Outline the assumptions of the medical model of mental disorder. [3 marks]
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Compare one advantage of drug therapy with one advantage of CBT. [4 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Assess how the effectiveness of treatments for mental disorders is measured. [8 marks]
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