4.4: Treating depression Flashcards
Outline cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for depression (4 marks)
The general rationale of therapy is to challenge negative thoughts
Outline cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for depression (4 marks).
The general rationale of therapy is to challenge negative thoughts.
What happens?
The negative thoughts are identified and hypotheses are tested
Outline cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for depression (4 marks).
The general rationale of therapy is to challenge negative thoughts.
The negative thoughts are identified and hypotheses are tested.
How is data gathered?
Data is gathered through ‘homework’
Outline cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for depression (4 marks).
The general rationale of therapy is to challenge negative thoughts.
The negative thoughts are identified and hypotheses are tested.
Data is gathered through ‘homework,’ for example what?
Data is gathered through ‘homework,’ for example diary-keeping
Outline cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for depression (4 marks).
The general rationale of therapy is to challenge negative thoughts.
The negative thoughts are identified and hypotheses are tested.
Data is gathered through ‘homework,’ for example diary-keeping.
What are reinforced?
Positive thoughts are reinforced
Outline cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for depression (4 marks).
The general rationale of therapy is to challenge negative thoughts.
The negative thoughts are identified and hypotheses are tested.
Data is gathered through ‘homework,’ for example diary-keeping.
Positive thoughts are reinforced.
What is this?
This is cognitive restructuring
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks)
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
What do therapists do?
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to do what?
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to show them how irrational their thoughts actually are
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to show them how irrational their thoughts actually are.
What do patients have to do?
Patients have to practise positive and optimistic thinking
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to show them how irrational their thoughts actually are.
Patients have to practise positive and optimistic thinking.
What method is used?
The ABC method is used
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to show them how irrational their thoughts actually are.
Patients have to practise positive and optimistic thinking.
The ABC method is used: What?
The ABC method is used: A = Activating event, B = Beliefs and C = Consequence
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to show them how irrational their thoughts actually are.
Patients have to practise positive and optimistic thinking.
The ABC method is used: A = Activating event, where what, B = Beliefs and C = Consequence?
The ABC method is used:
A = Activating event, where patients record events leading to disordered thinking
B = Beliefs
C = Consequence
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to show them how irrational their thoughts actually are.
Patients have to practise positive and optimistic thinking.
The ABC method is used: A = Activating event, where patients record events leading to disordered thinking, B = Beliefs, where what, and C = Consequence?
The ABC method is used:
A = Activating event, where patients record events leading to disordered thinking
B = Beliefs, where patients record negative thoughts associated with an event
C = Consequence
Explain how cognitive behavioural therapy is used to treat depression (4 marks).
Cognitive behavioural therapy helps patients identify irrational and maladaptive thoughts and alter them.
Therapists challenge patients’ thinking to show them how irrational their thoughts actually are.
Patients have to practise positive and optimistic thinking.
The ABC method is used: A = Activating event, where patients record events leading to disordered thinking, B = Beliefs, where patients record negative thoughts associated with an event and C = Consequence, where what?
The ABC method is used:
A = Activating event, where patients record events leading to disordered thinking
B = Beliefs, where patients record negative thoughts associated with an event
C = Consequence, where patients record negative thoughts and the behaviours that follow
Describe at least one strategy that might be used in cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (4 marks)
One strategy is the client as a scientist or reality testing
Describe at least one strategy that might be used in cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (4 marks).
One strategy is the client as a scientist or reality testing.
What is this?
This is homework assignments where the client’s negative thinking is tested and the evidence is evaluated
Describe at least one strategy that might be used in cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (4 marks).
One strategy is the client as a scientist or reality testing.
This is homework assignments where the client’s negative thinking is tested and the evidence is evaluated.
Another strategy
Another strategy is keeping diary records to monitor events and identify situations in which negative thinking occurs
Describe at least one strategy that might be used in cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (4 marks).
One strategy is the client as a scientist or reality testing.
This is homework assignments where the client’s negative thinking is tested and the evidence is evaluated.
Another strategy is keeping diary records to monitor events and identify situations in which negative thinking occurs, so what?
Another strategy is keeping diary records to monitor events and identify situations in which negative thinking occurs, so these can be targeted
Outline at least two ways in which a cognitive psychologist might explain depression in a person who has recently become unemployed (4 marks)
The person may show selective perception of negatives ,for example by focusing on the loss of job, and ignoring the many good things in life
Outline at least two ways in which a cognitive psychologist might explain depression in a person who has recently become unemployed (4 marks).
The person may show selective perception of negatives ,for example by focusing on the loss of the job, and ignoring the many good things in life.
The person may magnify significance or catastrophise.
For example, the loss of job will take on extraordinary significance and will be seen as major disaster
