Non-Biological Treatment UD - CBT Flashcards
Non-Biological Therapy: Psychological (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) UD
Therapist and client work together and assess various aspects of the client’s functioning such as severity, past treatments and the client’s history and personal coping techniques.
Therapist uses questionnaires and interview techniques to measure depression and any comorbid disorders (anxiety, substance abuse etc.).
They identify specific issues, list goals for therapy and construct a plan
Non-Biological Therapy: Psychological (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) UD - Role of Education
Client needs to learn and understand the nature of their symptoms.
Therapist provides resources like printed and online materials to help.
Later on the client can give an informed view to the therapist about the techniques they are using.
Non-Biological Therapy: Psychological (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) UD - Role of Homework
Client needs to carry out the therapy plan in real life situations.
Homework allows them to test the (un)reality of their negative beliefs.
If the client says they enjoyed doing an activity and then later says a negative belief about it, the therapist will point this out to show how the negative belief is wrong.
Non-Biological Therapy: Psychological (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) UD - Keith Dobson Session
Starts with assessment of clients current functioning (e.g. questionnaire).
Any symptom changes are points of discussion.
Might talk about a recent homework and what they learned from it.
Raise issues to put on the agenda and the client chooses the most important.
Therapist might introduce a CBT technique to one of them to challenge a belief.
Non-Biological Therapy: Psychological (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) UD - Strength - Irene Elkin et al 1989
It is an effective treatment for depression. Irene Elkin et al 1989 randomly allocated 239 participants diagnosed with depression to one of four treatment groups.
CBT was effective in reducing symptoms like drugs were, and more effective than a placebo pill.
Shows that CBT is a successful treatment for mild-moderate depression in the short-long term.
(Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) UD - Weakness - Eastbrook and Meehan
Effects of CBT could be due to client-therapist relationship.
Cheryl Eastbrook and Trudy Meehan suggest that CBT practitioners downplay the relationship.
They studied a teen girl with depression and found that a collaborative relationship established before using specific techniques encouraged open communication.
The quality of the therapeutic relationship probably interacts with the techniques to produce a successful outcome.
Non-Biological Therapy: Psychological (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) UD - Application
Can be applied to help prevent relapses into depression.
Clients learn skills and techniques they can apply to themselves.
The client becomes their own therapist, reducing the likelihood of depression recurring.
