LS10 - Treating Depression

Question 1

CBT Beck Strengths

Answer 1

Effective For mild Depression
Reputable
Underlying Issues
Long Term Depression Cure

Question 2

CBT Beck Weaknesses

Answer 2

Drugs

Question 3

Effective For Mild Depression (+)

Answer 3

CBT stops it from getting worse, however if the depression is severe drugs would bee better than CBT.

Question 4

Reputable (+)

Answer 4

it’s a supported depression, even the NHS use it as a cost effective treat for many disorders - the main one being depression.

Question 5

Underlying Issues (+)

Answer 5

Helps uncover underlying issues e.g. divorce, this is unique from other methods depression treatments e.g. drugs don’t get to the root cause of the problem.

Question 6

Long Term Cure (+)

Answer 6

Patients are less likely to suffer a relapse compared to other treatments making it more cost effective to the NHS, as patients are very unlikely to return to the hospital for the same thing.

Question 7

Drugs

Answer 7

Drugs require less effort than CBT and it was found CBT is more effective when combined with drugs.

Question 8

REBT Strengths

Answer 8

Stroke Patients
| David 2008

Question 9

REBT Weaknesses

Answer 9

Cause
Articulate thoughts
Expert therapist

Question 10

Stroke Victims (+)

Answer 10

Flannaghan Et Al - Supports REBT as an effective way to treat depressive stroke victims, suggesting it’s suitable for specific groups of people

Question 11

REBT Against Drug Therapy (+)

Answer 11

Compared 170 depressive patients who had 14 weeks of REBT to some whom were treated with the drug fluoxetine, outcomes were compared 6 months after and REBT had better long term treatment compared to drug therapy.

Question 12

Cause Or Symptom (-)

Answer 12

It fails to identify whether negative thinking is the cause or just a symptom of depression - therefore it struggles to tackle the root cause of depression, leaving it to return to the future.

Question 13

Articulate Thoughts (-)

Answer 13

REBT relies on patients being able to articulate and speak about their thoughts which isn’t usually the case for severely depressed people.

Question 14

Expert Therapist

Answer 14

The therapy isn’t effective without a highly trained therapist which is difficult to come across.

Question 15

Beck’s CBT

Answer 15

Thought-Catching
Test Patient’s Hypothesis
Reinforcement

Question 16

Thought Catching

Answer 16

The patient is encouraged to generate a hypothesis to test the validity of their irrational thoguhts

Question 17

Testing Patient’s Hypothesis

Answer 17

The patient gathers data about behaviour, comparing the evidence with hypothesis. They also may complete homework tasks in between therapy sessions testing irrational thoughts.

Question 18

Reinforcement

Answer 18

When patients report positive thoughts, they’re reinforced, providing positive reinforcement. This helps cognitive restructuring which gets of irrational thoughts.

Question 19

REBT abr

Answer 19

Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy

Question 20

REBT

Answer 20

Aims at challenging automtic negative thoughts and replacing them with rational beliefs. They used logical and empirical arguements

Question 21

Logical Arguements

Answer 21

Show patients that their self-defeating beliefs do not logically follow from the information available.

Question 22

Empirical Arguements

Answer 22

To show patients that their self-defeating beliefs are not consistent with reality.

Question 23

Behavioural Action

Answer 23

Patients are encouraged to do this by becoming more active and taking part in pleasurable activities.