A Clinical Psychologist Has Developed A New Talk Therapy Treatment For Depression She Has Enlisted 20 Volunteers From T 1 (64.16 KiB) Viewed 56 times
A clinical psychologist has developed a new talk therapy treatment for depression. She has enlisted 20 volunteers from the community who are clinically depressed to take part in her new study. Half (10) of her participants will receive the antidepressant drug fluoxetine (Prozac) and the other half will receive no antidepressant drug. Additionally, for the group who receive the antidepressant drug, five participants will receive the new talk therapy treatment (new therapy) and five participants will receive traditional behavioral/cognitive talk therapy (behav/cog). For the other 10 participants who receive no antidepressant drug, five participants will receive the new talk therapy treatment (new therapy) and five participants will receive traditional behavioral/cognitive talk therapy (behav/cog). The following is a list of the participants' depression scores (lower scores equal lower depression) after 12 weeks of treatment: Subject Drug Therapy D.V. 1 1 No Drug Behav/Cog 9 2 No Drug Behav/Cog 18 3 3 No Drug Behav/Cog 12 4 No Drug Behav/Cog 15 5 No Drug Behav/Cog 12 6 No Drug New Therapy 6 7 No Drug New Therapy 9 8 8 No Drug New Therapy 3 9 9 No Drug New Therapy 6 10 No Drug New Therapy 3 3 11 Drug Behav/Cog 24 12 Drug Behav/Cog 28 13 Drug Behav/Cog 24 14 Drug Behav/Cog 32 15 Drug Behav/Cog 20 16 Drug New Therapy 20 17 Drug New Therapy 16 18 Drug New Therapy 24 19 Drug New Therapy 12 20 Drug New Therapy 16
4. Standard Deviation for each of the four groups (2 pts.) 5. Variance for each of the four groups (2 pts.) 6. Range for each of the four groups (2 pts.)
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