Category Archives: Treatments of Dysfunctional Behaviour

Öst and Westling (1995) – Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Öst, Lars-Göran, and Bengt E. Westling. “Applied relaxation vs cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of panic disorder.” Behaviour Research and Therapy 33.2 (1995): 145-158.

 

Background

This is the third study we will be looking at from the ‘Treatments of Dysfunctional Behaviour’ section of ‘Dysfunctional Behaviour’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Cognitive Treatment.

 

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McGrath et al (1990) – Behavioural

McGrath, T. et al. (1990) ‘Successful treatment of a noise phobia in a nine-year-old girl with systematic desensitisation in vivo’, Journal of Educational Psychology 10 (1), 79–83);

 

Background

This is the second study we will be looking at from the ‘Treatments of Dysfunctional Behaviour’ section of ‘Dysfunctional Behaviour’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Behavioural.

As the perspective of this study is behaviourist, it is high recommended that you read: About Behaviorism by B.F. Skinner.

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Karp and Frank (1995) – Biological

Karp, J. and Frank, E. (1995) ‘Combination therapy and the depressed woman’, Depression 3, 91–8)

 

Background

This is the first study we will be looking at from the ‘Treatments of Dysfunctional Behaviour’ section of ‘Dysfunctional Behaviour’, as part of your OCR A2 Health and Clinical Psychology course. It is further categorised into ‘Biological.

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