A2 evidence OCD
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- Created on: 20-02-17 11:44
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- Biological explanations
- A2 evidence- OCD
- Non-biological explanations
- Cognitive model
- Tolin et al: dysfunctional beliefs are related to OCD-symptoms match the thoughts
- Abromowitz et al: for the average OCD sufferer, cognitive therapy is no more effective than a behavioural therapy using flooding techniques
- No conclusive evidence that the therapy developed from the cognitive model is the most effective
- Cognitive model
- Treatments
- CBT
- Balkom et al: ERP is more effective than other treatments
- Cordioloi: CBT is only effective for about 70% of patients, with some not responding
- Van Oppen et al: did not find ERP/CBT effective
- Drugs
- Stanford school of medicine: 40-60% of patients with OCD respond to SSRI's
- Koran et al: relapse rates are high with SSRI's
- CBT
- Non-biological explanations
- Faulty circuit
- Hou et al: fMRI scans show OCD patients had higher activity in the OC and CG
- Whiteside et al: the CG, BG and OC become more active when OCD is stimulated
- Sanematsu et al: other brain areas are active when OCD is stimulated
- A2 evidence- OCD
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