Non-biological/Psychological Treatment (CBT) for an illness other than Schizophrenia (Depression)

Question 1

What is the non-biological/psychological treatment for an illness other than schizophrenia?

Answer 1

CBT therapy to treat depression

Question 2

What does the non-biological/psychological treatment (CBT) for an illness other than schizophrenia (depression) aim to do?

Answer 2

Alter maladaptive thoughts

Question 3

How does the non-biological/psychological treatment (CBT) for an illness other than schizophrenia (depression) take place?

Answer 3

1:1 with therapist, helping to challenge the thoughts over 6 to 12 sessions

Question 4

What do the patient and therapist identify in the non-biological/psychological treatment (CBT) for an illness other than schizophrenia (depression)?

Answer 4

Maladaptive thoughts e.g. catastrophising

Question 5

What do the patient and therapist challenge in the non-biological/psychological treatment (CBT) for an illness other than schizophrenia (depression)?

Answer 5

The maladaptive thought e.g. evidential disputing

Question 6

What do the patient and therapist change in the non-biological/psychological treatment (CBT) for an illness other than schizophrenia (depression)?

Answer 6

The maladaptive thought e.g. decatastrophising

Question 7

What will the therapist give the patient to encourage altering maladaptive thoughts in the non-biological/psychological treatment (CBT) for an illness other than schizophrenia (depression)?

Answer 7

Homework

e.g. noting down the negative thoughts as they occur and practice challenging them

e.g. meeting with friends

Question 8

How does Williams support the non-biological/psychological treatment (CBT) for an illness other than schizophrenia (depression)?

Answer 8

Found that CBM-I combined with iCBT significantly reduced the symptoms of unipolar depression on all the measures they used so CBT can be an effective therapy to reduce the symptoms of depression

Question 9

How can CBT be more cost effective than other therapies e.g. psychoanalysis to treat depression?

Answer 9

Can be done in group sessions or on the computer so its more accessible to a large group of people

Question 10

Why is it good that CBT is individually tailored to treat depression?

Answer 10

Tackles their specific negative thoughts with tools they can
use so its more effective and useful

Question 11

Why is using CBT to treat depression longer lasting?

Answer 11

Aims to give the client the tools they need to reduce their
depression, so the client can use these tools in the future, if further life events may lead to depression, more useful and beneficial

Question 12

Why is there a lower non-compliance rate with using CBT to treat depression?

Answer 12

Does not have physical side effects, unlike the use of anti-depressants, so can be considered more ethical and people will continue to use it

Question 13

Why is CBT not good to treat depression if it does not challenge/change the root cause of the issue?

Answer 13

Causes of depression may be due to neurotransmitters, so CBT will not treat the depression, and anti-depressant medication would be more effective

Question 14

What does CBT only focus on to treat depression?

Answer 14

Current maladaptive thought processes, so ignores other factors that may have caused the depression, such as a traumatic childhood

Question 15

Why will people with unipolar depression not benefit using CBT to treat depression?

Answer 15

No energy or motivation to engage with CBT, so they can’t engage, meaning it may not be useful without anti-depressants to start with.

Question 16

What does CBT require patients to do in order to treat depression?

Answer 16

Express themselves, which patients with unipolar depression may not be able to do effectively so they won’t engage