depression pt2

Question 1

What does CBT stand for?
Who’s idea is CBT based off?

Answer 1

Cognitive behavioural therapy
Beck’s

Question 2

What is the aim of CBT? (3)

Answer 2

-Helps patients to identify and understand their irrational thoughts
-Patient and therapist challenge these thoughts
-Then substitute them with positive thoughts

Question 3

Who are the CBT sessions between?
How long do the sessions last?

Answer 3

Patient and therapist
Short term treatment e.g. 12 one-hour weekly sessions

Question 4

What are the 5 techniques used in CBT?

Answer 4

-Thought catching
-Patient as scientist
-Cognitive restructing
-Homework
-Behavioural activation

Question 5

What is thought catching?
(CBT techniques)

Answer 5

As soon as a thought enters patients head, record it, considers how to challenge it

Question 6

What is patient as scientist?
(CBT techniques)

Answer 6

Patient generates a hypotheses to test the validity of irrational thoughts, provides evidence to disapprove hypotheses

Question 7

What is cognitive restructing?
(CBT techniques)

Answer 7

Patient finds a new way of thinking about thoughts from negative to positive by finding a new perspective

Question 8

What is homework?
(CBT techniques)

Answer 8

Tasks completed between sessions

Question 9

What is behavioural activation?
(CBT techniques)

Answer 9

Client is encouraged to do activities they stopped doing again

Question 10

What does REBT stand for?
Who’s ideas is REBT based off?

Answer 10

Rational emotive behaviour therapy
Ellis’s

Question 11

How is REBT a continuation of the ABC model of depression?

Answer 11

Activating event
Beliefs about the event
Consequenses of these beliefs
Dispute these beliefs
Effect of disputing these beliefs

Question 12

What is an example of the ABCDE model of depression?

Answer 12

A=dumped by boyfriend
B=believe you’re unlovable
C=don’t date other people
D=counceller tells you its common to go through break ups
E=you feel better and start to go on dates

Question 13

Give a strengths of CBT
PETC (C=counter point)

Answer 13

P: empowers client in self-help techniques
E: more active than taking antidrepressants, make client feel they’re in control
T: long-term treatment, client can use after therapy
C: combination of antidepressants (passive) and self-help techinques (active) is better according to interactionists

Question 14

Give a weakness of CBT?
PET

Answer 14

P: too present focussed, past needs to be explored
E: may be a link between traumatic experience in childhood and clients current depression
T: present focus>ignore important aspect of depression