PSYCO105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Behaviour Therapy

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO105
• Professor: Jamin Blatter

Document Summary

Psych 105: individual and social behaviour (15th march 2019)- lecture 27. No therapy (control group) severity of symptoms decreased but less than the therapy groups; healed just by the pure passage of time. Psychodynamic therapy severity of symptoms after 4 months decreased significantly more than control. Behaviour therapy severity of symptoms after 4 months decreased significantly more than control. The two therapies didn"t differ significantly- they were almost equally effective . Research provides evidence that therapy works but doesn"t show which therapy is better than another. 75-80% of people in psychotherapy improved > average person in a no therapy condition. Psychotherapy vs drugs psychotherapy is as effective as drug for depression and. Gad and more effective than drugs for panic disorders. Also, most papers are published if results are obtained so researchers not finding evidence of the effectiveness of therapy might not publish their paper at all.