Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (Dobkin) - 10/12/16

Question 1

Classical Conditioning

Answer 1

Learning based on associations (the stronger the pairing, the stronger the association)

Question 2

Operant Conditioning

Answer 2

Learning based on consequences

• Reinforcement (positive or negative)
• Punishment

Question 3

Social Learning Theory

Answer 3

Learning based on some combination of

associations,

consequences,

observation, and

cognitive mediation

Question 4

What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Answer 4

• Evidence-based psychotherapy
  
  • Largely based on SLT
  • Heavily incorporates operant and classical conditioning
• Targets thoughts and behaviors related to onset and maintenance of psychopathology
• Very suitable for addressing a broad spectrum of psychiatric concerns

Question 5

Examples of 1:1 CBT Interventions

Answer 5

• Increasing meaningful and social activities
  
  • Volunteer work
  • Increase time w/ grandchildren
  • Painting
• EXERCISE
• Problem solving for physical limitations (walk 10 minutes 3x a day instead of 30 min at a time)
• Anxiety management and relaxation
  
  • Breathing exercises
• Sleep hygiene
  
  • Keep regular sleep hours
  • Relaxing before bedtime
• Thought monitoring and restructuring
  
  • Rethinking the big picture

Question 6

Red Flag thinking patterns

• Mindreading
• Fortunetelling
• Labeling
• Unfair comparisons
• Emotional Reasoning
• Overgeneralizing
• Shoulds
• Personalizing

Answer 6

• Mindreading
  
  • “My symptoms make new friends uncomfortable.”
• Fortunetelling
  
  • “I won’t enjoy the party.”
• Labeling
  
  • “I am useless.”
• Unfair comparisons
  
  • “I can’t work as efficiently as I used to, so my contributions don’t matter.”
• Emotional Reasoning
  
  • “I feel anxious so I need to stay home.”
• Overgeneralizing
  
  • “Everybody is looking at me.”
• Shoulds
  
  • “I should be able to concentrate… Why can’t I? I’m a failure.”
• Personalizing
  
  • “My bf was grumpy last night b/c I was too much for him to handle.”