Tx of anxiety disorders
History of alcohol use treatment
Contemporary treatment of alcohol use disorder
10 warning signs of pseudoscience
10 warning signs of pseudoscience
100

Giving someone a good "thing" (stimulus) as a reward to reinforce a behavior.

What is positive reinforcement?

100

This group met in the 1800s to help each other stay sober.

What is the Washingtonian Movement?

100

In AA, believing in one's "powerlessness" over alcohol as part of the 12 steps is an example of this.

What is individual rehabilitation?

100

"Everything in the world is Blue, and you can't prove me wrong" is an example of this.

What is lack of falsifiability?

100

"People have reported benefits from bloodletting since the days of the Roman Empire!" is an example of this.

What is an argument from antiquity?

200

This is the basic name for the process in which a consequence, which follows a response, increases the likelihood that the response will be repeated in the same situation in the future.

What is reinforcement?

200

These "craftsmen" typically have little or no formal training in the treatment of alcohol use.

Who are addiction counselors?

200

The closest AA has to a treatment protocol is this.

What is the Big Book?

200

The homeopathic argument that water has memory, which is inconsistent with robust evidence from numerous lines of research in other disciplines, is an example of this.

What is an absence of connectivity with other research?

200

Making claims for my health product on morning TV shows but never subjecting it to scientific scrutiny is an example of this.

What is avoidance of peer review?

300

Taking a bad "thing" (stimulus) away as a reward to reinforce a behavior.

What is negative reinforcement?

300

In 20 years, the percent of craftsmen who held this view doubled.

What is the view of controlled drinking as a viable outcome in alcohol use treatment?

300

According to scientific research, this is most likely THE key factor responsible for AA's success.

What is a more adaptive social network?

300

The claim that a piece of jewelry's "circular form and spherical terminals offer low resistance to the bioelectrical conductibility of the alpha and beta waves, facilitating the discharge of excess positive ions or static electricity" is an example of this.

What is the use of psychobabble/hypertechnical language?

300

Behavioral therapy protocols for panic disorder used to teach patients to use relaxation techniques when they feel panicky. Careful research determined the relaxation techniques might be iatrogenic. Modern protocols adjusted and stopped including them, an example of this.

What is self-correction?

400

These therapies for panic disorder appear to be more effective and less subject to relapse than pharmacological methods

What are cognitive-behavioral therapies?

400

Traditionally, this group does not believe that one must have a history of alcohol use problems to treat alcohol use problems.

Who are "scientists"?

400

A behavioral intervention in which the pattern of substance use is modified through the use of reinforcement rules that provide external incentives for substance use change.

What is contingency management?

400

"My no touch knockout didn't work? Oh, it's because you raised your big toe!" is an example of these.

What are ad-hoc hypotheses?

400

If I claim that psychodynamic therapy is *highly effective* for treating panic disorder, but the only data I offer are from a single quasi-experimental study 20 participants, I am making this.

What is an extraordinary claim in the absence of extraordinary evidence?

500

This treatment for panic disorder may produce dependence, and most patients experience a relapse when the treatment is discontinued.

What are benzodiazepines?

500

Someone with this degree could prescribe medications to people with Alcohol Use Disorders.

What is an MD (DO/NP)?

500

The patient becomes the one suggesting and arguing for change in her own behavior in this form of treatment.

What is motivational interviewing?

500

If I claimed that cognitive therapy treated *all* mental health conditions without limits, my claim lacks this.

What are boundary conditions?

500

"I know 'no touch knockouts' are real because I've personally seen plenty of karate students get knocked out by their masters like that!" is an example of this.

What is an overreliance on anecdotes/testimonials?