Cognitive Treatment AO1

Question 1

What is the type of CBT used to help Schizophrenics called?

Answer 1

CBTp which stands for Cogniticve Behavioual Therapy for Psychosis

Question 2

How is CBTp able to help Schizophrenics?

Answer 2

• it helps the patient cope with their symptoms
• does this by disucssing their delusions and hallusination so they can better understand how they effect their emotions and behaviour
• then arguing against them and test them against reality in order to show that they are irrational

Question 3

How many sessions does the NICE recommend?

Answer 3

5 - 20 sessions but the most effective amount in 16 session

Question 4

What are the stages of CBTp

Answer 4

1. assessment
2. engagement
3. ABC model
4. Normalisation
5. Critical Elabrative Analysis
6. Developing Alternative Explanations

Question 5

What occurs in the assessment stage of CBTp?

Answer 5

• the patient is encouraged to express their concerns to the therapist
• they describe their symptoms
• they explain what they hope to achieve with therapy

Question 6

What occurs in the engagement stage of CBTp?

Answer 6

• therapist empathises with the patients experience and shows the patient that they can be honest with the therapist

Question 7

What does the ABC model stand for in CBTp?

Answer 7

A= Antecedant
B= Behvaviour
C= Consequence

Question 8

What is Anecedant?

Answer 8

a stimuli that triggers the patient’s problem

Question 9

What happens in the normalisation stage of CBTp?

Answer 9

• therapist explains their sytmptoms to the patient to make them feel less alienated
• this reduces stress and shame in the patient

Question 10

What happens in the critical alabtotive analysis stage of CBTp?

Answer 10

• a logical discussion occurs to test the patients delusions against reality and challenge them
• this will show them their delusions are illogical and help them move towards alternative thought processing

Question 11

What happens in the develope alternative thought stage of CBTp?

Answer 11

• this teaches the patient coping strategies and and logical reasons for their delusions
• in order to apply their coping methods they do homework where they do a hypothesis test on their delusions against real situations