CBT for schizphrenia Flashcards
what is cbt>
cognitive behavioural therapy
what view does cut take on?
that disorders and distress are due to cognitive factors
what does cut combine?
cognitive and behavioural factors
what does cut aim to challenge and change?
negative thoughts and change distorted thinking
what is the main reason for using cbt for schizophrenia?
that drugs do not address all of the symptoms
which symptoms of schizophrenia does cut aim to treat?
negative symptoms such as loss of motivation and withdrawal
how does cut help sufferers?
it allows them to focus on their thinking and cope with symptoms
why isn’t cbt for schizophrenia the same for depression?
it is more about coping with the symptoms rather than curing them
e.g identifying thoughts such as negative thinking and creating ways to cope with it
what does cut for schizophrenia focus on?
the way someone structures their world cognitively and challenges the difference between psychosis and normality
what does the one to one sessions with a therapist include?
talking about specific symptoms that they are experincing
what is there a particular focus on it terms of symptoms?
the subjective experience of symptoms
proble areas are identified
what do cut approaches include?
belief modification
focusing and reattribution
normalising
what is belief modification
where delusional thinking is challenged 0
where delusional thinking is directly challenged looking at the evidence for the delusions and testing them against reality
what is focusing and reattribution?
looks at auditory hallucinations to reduce the frequency of voices and reduce distress
how are auditory hallucinations looked at in cbt?
through focusing and reattribution
what is looked at in terms of auditory hallucinations?
physical aspects such as tone frquency
then the content what they are saying
thoughts and feelings about the voices
what is the aim in looking at focusing and reattribution?
to show that the voices ar self generated
what is the normalising stage?
looking at the disorder in a rational way
looking into stressful events in order to find an alternative explanation
psychotic symptoms are looked at as more normal to educe distress
how is distress reduced in the normalising stage
psychotic symptoms are looked at as more normal
which stage looks at relaxation techniques?
normalising stage
what is an ethical weakness of cbt?
it can be very distressing
can blame the patient for their own disorder
question sanity
what is a an ethical strength?
collaboration between therapist and patient
build relationship that is non threatening making patient feel safe
power to patient
what did zimmerman find?
that cbt was effective alongside drug therapy for people
what did bradshaw find?
that cbt was effective in treating schizophrenia of a women
0-60 hospital treatments
a strength compared to drugs?
no side effects
how is evidence for cbt collected how is this a weakness?
through self report data such as questionnaires and re and post score
social desirability
what did lewis found?
no signifincat different for positive symptoms such as auditory hallucinations
