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Clinical methods
HCPC guidlines
Act in the best interest of service users:
- Do not allow the clients' sex or religion affect how you treat them
- Involve clients in any decisions about their care where possible
- Do not do anything that may put the clients at any risk or may harm them in any way
Understand the importance of maintaining confidentiality
- Do not share any information about patients with their family or friends without permission from the patient
- When discussing with other clinicians, take care to ensure you don't mention any personal or identifying information
- Only break confidentiality when the clinician believes the patient is in immediate danger
Grounded theory
Involves identifying a behaviour / area and collecting a large amount of information or data until some kind of pattern is identified
Once a clear theoretical concept has emerged, more specific data is collected in order to support this concept. They can then start to develop the theory from this data
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Subject to bias from how the researcher interprets the information and data. Could be argued that if the researcher is looking for a link then they may 'force' it
Low reliability as different researchers may draw different links or patterns from the same set of information
Takes a long time to gather and analyse the information especially at start when researchers don't know what they are looking for
Cross-sectional studies
Use a large sample of people representing the target population and collect data at a specific point in time
Much quicker than longitudinal research as you do not have to follow participants lives over a period of time. Means results will be available to use much more quickly and more likely to be valid for the time the research is published
Comparisons are being made between different groups of people which may be affected by individual differences - cannot establish cause and effect
If looking at age then the different cohorts may have been exposed to different cultural beliefs or significant events which may affect results - means that groups are not comparable
Longitudinal research
Often involves following a single sample and studying their behaviour / progress over a long period of time. E.g monitoring changes in symptoms in response to a treatment
Not affected by individual differences as you are comparing changes in an individual rather than between two individuals / groups
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Has to go on for a long period of time which can lead to high drop out rates reducing sample size and validity
Data may be irrelevant or less valid by the time it is published as clinical psychology is a rapidly developing area
Cross cultural research
Involves taking samples from different cultural groups and drawing comparisons to consider how culture may affect the behaviour being looked at
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