Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Question 1

What are the two parts of CBT

Answer 1

Identifying the faulty thinking eg thought Diary

And challenging it

Question 2

What is Socratic questioning

Answer 2

Questions to help the patients to discover a new way of thinking

Question 3

What is collaborative empiricism

Answer 3

Patient and therapist work together to test beliefs in a scientific way

Question 4

Evaluate the appropriateness of CBT

Answer 4

• altering people’s thinking may be impossible for people with difficult lives
• not appropriate for people with limited verbal skills
• makes patients think it is their fault
• not suitable for people with no motivation I

Question 5

Outline hollon et al’s study of long term effectiveness of CBT compared to medication

Answer 5

104 patients who responded well to CBT or antidepressants follow up after 12 months and monitored relapse rates
CBT had better long term effects

Question 6

Outline and evaluate Appleby’s study comparing CBT with anti depressants

Answer 6

87 women suffering from post-natal depression in Manchester randomly allocated to 
- anti depressants 
- CBT
- drug placebo 
CBT was as effective as medication 

• no follow up to study relapse rates
• High ecological validity - nhs