DR. FRANKLIN DESIGNED A TREATMENT FOR PANIC ATTACKS, TRIED IT WITH...

2. Dr. Franklin designed a treatment for panic attacks, tried it with all of her clients who suffered from panic attacks, and had great success. Over a 10-year period, Dr. Franklin treated over 100 clients, and the technique significantly reduced panic in all of her clients. 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 (which is pretty reasonable for a psychological measure or technique), she sent the therapist 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 emails from therapists all over the country who complained that the treatment was completely useless for their clients. Reflection Questions: a. How would you explain the fact that Dr. Franklin had so much success and the other therapists experienced such failure? How would reliability analyses have helped this problem? Multiple therapists should administer the treatment before drawing conclusions. b. From an ethical point of view, why should Dr. Franklin have done reliability analyses before marketing her treatment program? Conclusions were potentially misleading. c. Keeping in mind that she never gave any false information to anyone who purchased her treatment program, do you think Dr. Franklin should give them a refund of their money? Why or why not?