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2 ways of seeing psychopathology
- psychological inflexibility (inability to recognize and adapt to various situation demands)
- dyscontrol (involuntary, organismic impairment in psychological functioning
functional analysis
ABC
clarifying the context and function of target behavior
identifying eliciting factors + reinforcements and punishments (consequences) that contribute to a person’s maladaptive behaviors
S-delta
situations in which the behavior does NOT take place
discriminative stimuli
A stimulus that increases the probability of a response because of a previous history of reinforcement in the presence of that stimulus.
e.g. with alcoholism:
- upcoming social interaction
- the presence of alcohol
aka precipitating events
establishing operations
any event or procedure that changes the efficacy of a stimulus as a reinforcer or punisher.
For example, in an operant-conditioning study where food is used to positively reinforce behavior, the establishing operation may be food deprivation, which sets up food as a rewarding and reinforcing stimulus.
e.g. for alcoholism: withdrawal symptoms, drinking-related rules
aspects of a functional analysis graph
discriminative stimuli and establishing operations
hypothesized origins
behaviors
immediate reinforcing consequences
delayed aversive consequences
two parts of C (consequences) in functional analysis
immediate reinforcing consequences
delayed aversive consequences
two parts of A (antecedents) in functional analysis
discriminative stimuli
establishing operations
contingency management
managing the relation between antecedents, target behavior and consequences
step 2 of ABC
A2, B2, C2
A2 - Antecedents: structure, rules and agreements, communication
B2 - target behavior: new and positive and concrete
C2 - consequences: reinforcing / rewarding, ignoring, punishing
4 tips for A2 for antecedents
cmaa
cue elimination
modifying cues
adding stimulus cues
altering EO’s
learning by consequences is also defined as…
operant conditioning
Parent management training and its 6 components
12 - 20 sessions
parents of 0 - 12yr children
for disruptive behaviors
- psychoeducation
- ABCs of negative behaviour
- defining positive behaviour
- antecedent and consequent interventions
- ignoring and punishing
- time-out
3 paradigms of psychosis
- illness paradigm
- stress-vulnerability model
- symptom-focused paradigm
stress-vulnerability model
biologically and psychologically predisposed individuals may become psychotic if exposed to stressful life experiences
continuum approach
symptom-focused paradigm
CBT for each single symptom is done
stronger aim on understanding and coping with symptoms and functioning socially and professionally
structure of CBTp
5
- building a therapeutic alliance, psychoeducation
- working with hallucinations
- working with delusional thoughts
- working with negative symptoms and comorbid disorders
- relapse prevention
normalization and de-catastrophizing are main factors in..
predicting a good clinical outcome
3 pointers in psychoeducating symptoms
dep
- delusional beliefs are attempts to explain unusual experiences or emotions
- experiences are not problematic itself but main factor is how a person responds to unusual experiences (appraisal)
- psychotic symptoms make sense in the context of people’s lives
(when one experiences fear –> I’m going mad)
3 types of voices in psychosis
inner speech
- inner monologue that is falsely interpreted as external
intrusive memories
- similar to PTSD
- trauma memories can be distorted, fragmented
hypervigilance
- actively listening out
- background noise (misinterpretation of people chatting)
trauma and auditory hallucinations
3 characteristics
childhood trauma is associated with severity of hallucinations and delusions
most voice hearers report childhood trauma
content of their voices is related to their trauma
second step of psychoeducation
normalization of symptoms
normalise by providing information about symptoms
- voice hearing, paranoid thoughts all common, even famous people hear voices
cognitive model for hallucinations emphasizes on…
the role of subjective and cognitive appraisals (assessment) of voices
appraisal
the cognitive evaluation of the nature and significance of a phenomenon or event
working with hallucinations step and its 5 goals
rmlmf
address voices / convictions that are less firmly held
main goals:
- reduce perceived power of symptoms
- make sense of them, thereby reduce distress
- listen to auditory stimulation, reading out loud.
- mindful exercises
- focus attention to something else
techniques to challenge hallucinations
its aim and techniques
(4)
Aim is to stimulate doubt
ask client to try out:
- record voice when they speak
- walk towards or away from voices, does volume change?
- take a video or picture for visual hallucinations
- explore what other explanation there might be (noise from fridge)
working with delusional thoughts (4)
ieis
- importance of feeling safe
- emotional response is based on reality, even if explanation / belief is not
- interpretation is key
- socratic questioning
delusions associated with
reasoning biases
Patients with psychosis show:
- tendency to jump to conclusion
- tendency to construct unusual explanations for distressing events
- tendency to attribute negative outcomes to causes external to themselves