Choose any two of the following disorders from the list given below.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Agoraphobia
Social phobia
Generalized anxiety
PTSD
Utilizing various resources such as the National Institute of Mental Health, BehaveNet and the South University Online Library and answer the following questions:
What are the most common treatments for the disorders you chose?
Explain whether the treatment was or was not an empirically validated treatment.
What are the implications for a treatment that is not empirically validated?
Is pharmacotherapy an empirically validated treatment for the disorder you chose? Why or why not?
Is cognitive-behavioral treatment empirically validated for the disorder you chose? Why or why not?