Cognitive Behavioural Treatments (Level 5) Flashcards
What do clinicians believe to be more effective to treat biologically-based mental disorders?
Medication
What do clinicians believe to be more effective to treat psychosocially-based mental disorders?
Psychotherapy
Which model recognises the physiological components of mental disorders?
The biopsychosocial model
What are four examples of empirically-supported treatments for major depression?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapy (IPT), behavioural therapy and, to a lesser extent, short-term psychodynamic therapy.
How effective is CBT for many mental illnesses, including mood and anxiety disorders?
The effectiveness of CBT is well established for many mental illnesses, including mood and anxiety disorders.
What has been shown to be as effective as medication for mild and moderate depression?
CBT, which takes into account how thoughts affect emotions and behaviour.
What is CBT?
A talking therapy that can help with the management of problems by altering thoughts and behaviours.
What are two examples of the range of emotional health issues for which CBT is an effective treatment approach?
Anxiety and depression.
What does CBT aim to help you to identify and challenge, as well as learn practical self-help strategies?
Unhelpful thoughts.
What are four examples of factors that can cause a decrease in medication effectiveness?
Personal genetic profile, prescriptions, diet, and lifestyle choices.
What does CBT usually involve?
Efforts to change thinking patterns.
What are two examples of strategies involved in CBT that attempt to change thinking patterns?
Learning to recognise distortions in thinking that are creating problems and then reevaluating them in light of reality, as well as gaining a better understanding of the behaviour and motivations of others.
What is meant if somebody says that something is “fine”?
That it is satisfactory or acceptable.
What do theories associated with psychotherapy provide for therapists and counsellors?
Frameworks that help with the interpretation of a client’s behaviour, thoughts and feelings and the navigation of a client’s journey from diagnosis to post-treatment.
Which 21 techniques can be employed by psychotherapists?
CBT, humanistic therapy, mindfulness, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, psychoanalysis, family therapy, cognitive reframing, psychodynamic psychotherapy, active listening, drama therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, supportive therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, empathy, exposure therapy, music therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, reflection, and transactional analysis.
