evidence for treating disorders

• is this a strength or weakness?

  strength
• what does the research evidence demonstrate?

  effectiveness of treating various disorders, including anxiety & eating disorders
• who conducted such research?

  Mufson et al (1999)
• what did Mufson et al find?

  decrease in depressive symptoms in adolescents diagnosed with depression after 12 week trial using psychotherapy methods
• therefore this is a strength because...

  it demonstrates how dream analysis has allowed for people to overcome disorders, increasing quality of life
• what is a counter argument for this argument?

  Eysenck (1952) argued that psychoanalysis, inc dream therapy, is no more effective than having no treatment at all, therefore suggesting a limit on effectiveness in practise