Cognitive Approach To Explaining Depressiom Flashcards
What is CBT?
Method for treating mental health disorders
Based on both cognitive and behavioural techniques from a cognitive veiw point
CBT is an overall cognitive treatment
Cognitive aim
Client and therapist work together to identify irrational or negative thoughts that cause depression
These negative irrational thoughts will be changed to turn them to more rational and positive thinking
Cognitive strategy
Empirical disputing where therapist will ask evidence to support negative /irrational thoughts eg “where is the proof that nobody likes you?”
Therapist may get client to complete H/W and dairy to test reality of beliefs
Therapist can challenge clients belief and prove they are incorrect
Behavioural aim
Puts effective behaviours into place
Behavioural strategy
Behavioural activation used to change a clients behaviours
Encouraging depressed individual to be more active
Includes clients engaging in activities they once enjoyed
Improved a persons mood and reduce negative thoughts
RTS effectiveness of CBT March (2007)
Studied adolescents with depression found 81% of symptoms had significantly improved after CBT
Suggest challenging negative thoughts provide reduction in depressive symptoms
Thus CBT is popular choice of treatment for NHS
Ao3 limitation of CBT as a treatment for depression
Requires motivation and commitment from patients to attend sessions and engage in activities they once enjoyed
This is an issue for individuals with depression often lack motivation
This may reduce effectiveness of CBT as a treatment for depression
Ao3 limitation of CBT as a cognitive treatment for depression is high relapse rates
Depression was assessed in 439 clients every month for 12 months following course of CBT
53% relapsed into depression within a year
Implying although effective at tackling symptoms of depression in short term patients may need to engage in treatment more regularly
Reducing effectiveness of CBT as a long term treatment
