Those are three different essays with three different questions, which should be answered and responded with 1500 words each (essays).
- Is diagnosis reliable? Is it valid?
- Is formulation reliable? Is it valid?
- Is the experience of being diagnosed negative for service users/patients?
- Is the experience of developing a formulation positive for service users/patients?
- Does formulation result in better care for service users/patients?
Links for formative work to help this question:
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15285631_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15285632_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15285633_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15322247_1 (This gives an idea of how to start the essay question)
- But also, any lecture where we cover interventions
- Important debates:
- Are RCTs of psychotherapies designed in a way that makes them trustworthy? Do RCTs represent what happens in clinical practice?
- Do RCTs of psychotherapies tell clinicians everything they need to know (e.g., adverse events AKA ‘side effects’)?
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15306397_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15306398_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15306400_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15322236_1 (This gives an idea of how to start the essay question)
- Basically: do preventative treatments prevent mental health problems.
- Straightforward questions about efficacy/effectiveness at preventing development of a mental health problem.
- Links for formative work to help this question:
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15322239_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15322243_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15322241_1
- https://elp.northumbria.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_730589_1/outline/file/_15322246_1 (This gives an idea of how to start the essay question)