Intro to CBT

Question 1

Definition CBT

Answer 1

• Short term.
• Deals with a very specific problem.
• Learning how to identify and change destructive or disturbing thoughts.
• Understanding thoughts and feelings that influence behaviour.

Question 2

Benefit of CBT

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It is that we can change the way we think, feel or act better even if the situation does not change.

Question 3

CBT Model

Answer 3

Event to Cognitive appraisal to Emotion to Behavior then to Event.

Question 4

Core concepts of CBT

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Negative Automatic thoughts, Cognitive errors, Schemas

Question 5

Automatic thoughts: Definition

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Inner thoughts that rapidly stream through our minds.
Typically private and unspoken.
Occur in the presence of strong emotions.
Thoughts are maladaptive or distorted.
Can generate painful emotion reactions and dysfunction behavior.

Question 6

Automatic thoughts: Depression

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Usually negatively biased, distorted, dysfunctional overly critical, maladaptive.
Centre around themes of hopelessness, low self-esteem, and failure.

Question 7

Automatic Thoughts: Anxiety

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Predictions of danger, harm, uncontrollability, or inability to manage threats.

Question 8

Cognitive errors

Answer 8

Characteristic errors in automatic thoughts of people with emotional disorders = cognitive errors/ distortions

Question 9

Cognitive error: Selective Abstraction

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Ignoring the evidence.
Conclusion is drawn after looking at only small portion of the available information (negative aspect) and ignoring the positive ones.

Question 10

Cognitive error: Overgeneralization

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Conclusion is made about one or more isolated incidents and then extended to other areas of functioning.

Question 11

Cognitive error: All-or-nothing thinking (Dichotomous)

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Judgements about self, personal experiences, or others are placed in one of two categories (all bad or all good, total failure or total success).

Question 12

Cognitive error: Magnification and minimisation

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Significance of an attribute, event, emotion or behavior is exaggerated or minimised.

Question 13

Schemas

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Basic template that underlie the more superficial layer of automatic thoughts.
Starts to shape in early childhood.
Influenced by life experiences, parental teaching and modelling.
Formal, informal educational activities, peer experiences, traumas and successes.

Question 14

Schemas: Simple schema

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Rules about practical management of everyday activities, or about laws of nature.

Question 15

Schemas: Intermediary beliefs and assumptions

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Conditional rules such as if-then statements that influence self-esteem and emotional regulation.

Question 16

Schemas: Core beliefs about self

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Absolute rules for interpreting information related to self-esteem.

Question 17

Key methods of CBT

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Problem-oriented focus.
Individualized case conceptualization.
Collaborative therapeutic relationship.
Socratic questioning- stimulate curiosity and inquisitiveness.
Eliciting and modifying automatic thoughts.
Teaching patients to think about their thinking.
Uncovering and changing schemas.
Behavioral methods to reverse patterns (e.g., gradually face feared situations).
Building CBT sills to prevent relapse.

Question 18

CBT can be use in?

Answer 18

Depression.
Anxiety.
Chronic pain.
Eating disorders.
Substance abuse.
Evidence-based practice.