ERP to treat OCD 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? PsychologyObsessive compulsive disordersA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Luke BartholomewCreated on: 15-06-13 12:26 What happens during ERP? Patients are exposed to obsession evoking environment. They are then supported to resist performing the complusions 1 of 12 What does this aim to achieve? They then ‘learn’ that nothing bad will happen if they do not perform these compulsions 2 of 12 Will start with a moderately distressing situation (picture from a distance) and then will Get more threatening (holding feared object) 3 of 12 Eddy et al. (2004) – Compared untreated control group with a group receiving ERP (no treatment vs treatment.) What did he find? Controls (M= 22) vs ERP (M=12.48) (Lower score is best) 4 of 12 Effectiveness s 5 of 12 ERP works and so supports... The behavioural theory of OCD 6 of 12 There are high... Drop out rates due to the anxiety provoking situations 7 of 12 The treatment is easy to conduct in a lab environment but is much harder... To conduct in real life 8 of 12 Appropriateness: a 9 of 12 ERP is appropiraite because... It successfully treats the symptoms of OCD 10 of 12 Howver you are putting people in.. High anxiety creating situations which is unethical 11 of 12 It only focuses on the complusions and not the Obsessions 12 of 12
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