Suggested there was mixed evidence with regard to if formulation helps offenders improve- however, it was found that formulation helped with suggesting a treatment plan for bulimia and the treatment was better than standard CBT.
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Psychological Formulation STRENGTH- Whitehead et al (2007)
Suggests that, with regards to treating adult violent offenders + impact of treatment on re-convictions, programmes targeting criminogenic needs using cognitive behavioural methods seemed to have the best effect.
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Psychological Formulation WEAKNESS- Connell (2014) part 1
There's difficulty when considering offenders and a suitable treatment plan. Organising a lot of complex info (often contradictory) in a structured simple formulation isn't easy.
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Psychological Formulation WEAKNESS- Connell (2014) part 2
There's interpretation in doing a case formulation. Psychologist puts a lot of info into a concise document- may often require interpretation based on what psychologist thinks is important. Suggests it may lack reliability and validity.
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Psychological Formulation WEAKNESS of the individual
Undertaking a formulation, it may be difficult to gain all information needed- they may not remember all the events and may not be willing to share this information.
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Suggested there was mixed evidence with regard to if formulation helps offenders improve- however, it was found that formulation helped with suggesting a treatment plan for bulimia and the treatment was better than standard CBT.
Suggests that, with regards to treating adult violent offenders + impact of treatment on re-convictions, programmes targeting criminogenic needs using cognitive behavioural methods seemed to have the best effect.
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Card 4
Front
There's difficulty when considering offenders and a suitable treatment plan. Organising a lot of complex info (often contradictory) in a structured simple formulation isn't easy.
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Card 5
Front
There's interpretation in doing a case formulation. Psychologist puts a lot of info into a concise document- may often require interpretation based on what psychologist thinks is important. Suggests it may lack reliability and validity.
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