Question

1. Dr. Franklin designed a treatment for panic attacks and tried it with all of her clients who suffered from such attacks, and had great success. Over a ten-year period, Dr. Franklin treated more than 100 clients, in all of whom the technique significantly reduced panic. The treatment consisted of the therapist (Dr. Franklin) leading the patient through a series of relaxation exercises in her office. Dr. Franklin was so excited about the success of this treatment that she decided to market it to therapists nationwide. For $33 (admittedly reasonable for a psychological measure or technique), she sent therapists a script of everything she said to the patient during the relaxation exercises. A lot of therapists purchased the treatment, because they were very impressed with the success rate that Dr. Franklin reported. However, six months later, Dr. Franklin started to receive calls, letters, and e-mails from therapists all over the country, who complained that the treatment had proven completely useless for their clients.

Reflection Questions:

1. How would you explain the fact that Dr. Franklin had so much success and the other therapists such failure? How would reliability analyses have helped this problem?
2. From an ethical point of view, why should Dr. Franklin have done reliability analyses before marketing her treatment program?
3. Keeping in mind that she never gave any false information to anyone who purchased her treatment program, do you think Dr. Franklin should give the therapists who purchased her program a refund of their money? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Panic disorders happens when their is unexpected panic attacks. people with tis disorder live in a fear of having panis attack, the physical symptoms for the panic attacke are racing heart, breathing difficulties and sweating. Seeking best treatment is the most important part of reducing symptoms and improving the quality of life. the treatment options are two ways

1 Psychotherapy

2. medications

Psychotherapy is considered as effective first chioce treatment for panic attacks. Aform of therapy called cognitive behavirol therapy is suggested most, because the therapy can help to learn, that panic is not dangerous. This therapy takes weeks, to cure tha panic attacks.

Medication can help reduce the symptoms associated with panic attacks. Medications have arisk of side effects and some may not be recommended in certain situations.

1.Dr. Franklin had many success in the treatment of the panic attack patients, generally treatment varies from one doctor to another doctor, especially panic disorders are cured mostly by psychotherapy as explained above. Dr. Franklin might have good cognitive behavioural therapy than the other doctors.

2. Dr. frankline has used lot of relaxation techniques, rather tan the medications. Generally medication may have side effects but Dr. Frankline have referres relaxation exercises which might not have side effects.

3. Dr. Frankline need not refund the money because she has cured succefully 100 patients on panic attacks, with just relaxation exercises. the dostors should have followed her advices or the doctors should improve their psychotherpy techniques. If one doctor has got these many succes why cant other doctors get and why did they fail.