Psychopathology AO3

Practical application (SD and flooding)

Phobia Explanation (positive)

No cause (Davey 1922)

Phobia Explanation (negative)

Ethical issues

Phobia Explanation (negative)

No ethical issues

Systematic Desensitisation (positive)

In vivo is better (McGrath)

Systematic Desensitisation (positive)

Expensive

Systematic Desensitisation (negative)

Cost effective

Flooding (positive)

Ethical issues/traumatic

Flooding (negative)

Ineffective for some phobias

Flooding (negative)

Practical Application (March 2007)

Beck and Ellis’ Explanation of Depression (positive)

Doesn’t explain all aspects

Beck’s Explanation of Depression (negative)

Cognitive primacy

Beck and Ellis’ Explanation of Depression (negative)

Partial explanation

Ellis’ Explanation of Depression (negative)

CBT effectiveness (March 2007)

Treatment of Depression (positive)

Doesn’t treat serve cases

Treatment of Depression (negative)

Therapist-patient relationship (Rozenwig 1936)

Treatment of Depression (negative)

Research Support (Nestdat 2010)

Genetic Explanation of OCD (positive)

Environmental Evidence (Cromer 2007)

Genetic and Neural Explanation of OCD (negative)

Causality

Neural Explanation of OCD (negative)

Side effects

OCD Treatments (negative)

Cheap and non-disruptive

OCD Treatments (positive)

No biological cause so ineffective (Cromer 2007)

OCD Treatments (negative)