CBT Flashcards
What is CBT and what does it aim to do?
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is a practical, goal-oriented, and present-centered therapy that explores how thoughts affect feelings and behaviors. It teaches coping skills to deal with various problems.
What is the basic premise of the cognitive model?
How you think determines how you feel and behave. Different thoughts lead to different feelings and behaviors.
What is the CBT ABC model?
Activating Event
Beliefs / thoughts about the event
Consequences (emotional, physical, behavioural)
What does the cognitive model suggest about thoughts and emotional distress?
Thoughts and thinking patterns are integral to emotional distress, and cognitive change is central to effective psychotherapy.
What does the “Hot-cross bun” model (Padesky, 1986) illustrate?
It shows the interconnectedness of thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and physical sensations.
Where do our thoughts come from, according to CBT?
Thoughts are influenced by our beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions, which are shaped by life experiences, genetics, and temperament/personality.
How does the cognitive-behavioral model explain mental health problems?
Mental health issues are linked to unhelpful or unrealistic beliefs (schemas) that influence information processing and automatic thoughts, leading to emotional distress.
What is Beck’s negative cognitive triad?
- Negative beliefs about the self (e.g., “I’m a failure”).
- Negative beliefs about the world (e.g., “The world is unfair”).
- Negative beliefs about the future (e.g., “Things will never improve”).
What evidence supports the cognitive model?
Depressed/anxious individuals report more negative thoughts.
Rehearsing negative self-statements worsens mood, while positive ones can improve it.
Reduction of negative thoughts alleviates distress in lab settings and CBT.
Who first described CBT and for what condition?
Aaron T. Beck first described CBT in 1967 as a treatment for depression.
What are key characteristics of CBT in practice?
Active and collaborative.
Scientific and goal-oriented.
Focused on present problems.
Time-limited and structured.
What tools does CBT use to identify and change unhelpful thoughts?
Thought records, shared formulations, and behavioral experiments.
How do behavioral experiments work in CBT?
They test alternative ideas by collecting evidence to challenge unhelpful thoughts.
What did Hollon et al. (2005) find about the long-term effects of CBT for depression?
Patients who underwent CBT were less likely to relapse into depression than those who discontinued medication and had similar relapse rates to those who continued medication.
For which disorders does NICE recommend CBT?
Depression
Generalized anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
OCD
PTSD
Eating disorders
Schizophrenia
