Cognitive Interventions in Psychiatric Nursing: 3

Question 1

Discuss key elements of CBT (1)

Answer 1

CBT: helps the patient understand patterns and how to break away from them.

They are worried about what can happen and not the actual issue.

Nurse knows nursing students undertsand CBT when they say:
People are more distressed about how they view the issue, not the issue itself

Question 2

Discuss key elements of SFBT (1)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy

Brings?
Emphasises?
Looks at life?
Best for?

Answer 2

Brings positivity to the patient’s perspective.

emphasis on what is functional and healthful

Looks at life without the problem

Views the patient as an individual with collective strengths

Best for females who are suicidal!!!

Nursing student asks nurse “why didnt you mention the issue and only stay positive when talking to the patient?”
SFBT focuses only on the strong and positive characteristics

Question 3

Identify the concepts underlying cognitive interventions

what are cognitive interventions?
Difference between Mood and Affect?

Answer 3

Reframe an individual’s automatic thought pattern that have developed over time, and which interfere with the individual’s ability to function optimally

Mood: person’s sustained emotional state Affect: how they express their emotions in the moment