ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dodo (Alice'S Adventures In Wonderland), American Psychological Association, Philippine Standard Time
Document Summary
Ethics code of the american psychological association (apa): psychologists take reasonable steps to avoid harming their clients/patients. In this article: current status of potentially harmful therapies. There is not much attention for these pht"s and not many attempts to regulate them/research them. Psychotherapy works in comparison with no therapy for a wide ranges of conditions, including mood, anxiety disorders, sexual dysfunction, bulimia and insomnia. Ests: lists of treatments that have been found in controlled trials or systematic single-case designs to be efficacious for specific disorders (such as panic disorder). Ests, according to some critics, are based on inadequate research foundation, besides, according to many psychotherapy scholars, has helped to place the field on firmer scientific footing. Example: behavioral therapies (exposure) more efficacious than nonbehavioral therapies for ocd, anxiety disorder, phobia, childhood disorders. Two lines of evidence: deterioration effects, negative effect sizes from meta-analyses of psychotherapy outcome.
