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PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS Flashcards

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Describe the cognotive model in psychological interventions

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We interact with the world through interpretations of our environment. It isn’t situation itself but our interpretation of it that causes our emotional response. These thoughts/meanings can change and therefore, so can our emotional reaction

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What are the 3 levels of thought?

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  1. Automatic Thoughts: fleeting, involuntary thoughts. E.g. “what a dick”
  2. Underlying Assumptions: can be healthy or unhealthy. E.g. “talking loudly in library is a dickish thing to do”
  3. Core Beliefs: often unconditional, rigid beliefs that give rise to our rules/assumptions. E.g. any selfish behaviour makes you a dick
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Give examples of common cognitive biases/maladaptive thinking - 7 listed

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Arbitrary inference
Catastrophising
Selective abstraction
Magnification and minimisation
Personalisation
Absolutistic, dichotomous thinking
“Fait accompli” thinking (‘what the hell effect’) "I didn't mean to eat that piece of pie. There goes my diet, may as well finish it!”
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Drawing conclusions on the basis of insufficient or irrelevant evidence is what type of maladaptive thinking?

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Arbitrary Inference

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Define selective abstraction

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Focusing on a detail taken out of context and ignoring other important features of situation

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Describe magnification and minimisation in maladaptive thinking

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Errors and distortions in way an event is perceived. Magnify weaknesses and minimise strengths

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What is “Fait accompli” thinking?

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‘What the hell effect’ - “I didn’t mean to eat that piece of pie. There goes my diet, may as well finish it!”

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Aims of cognitive interventions

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Identify maladaptive (self defeating) thoughts or beliefs (cognitions), challenge them and change them to become more adaptive (cognitive restructuring). Change the way we relate to our thought. Develop effective coping strategies

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What is self monitoring?

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Aims to increase awareness of thoughts and subsequent emotions by recording them (this also allows external monitoring by a health professional)

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What is a desicion balance sheet?

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Thinking about costs/benefits of changing/not changing a behaviour and drawing up a table

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What is the goal of motivational interviewing?

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Encourage individuals to explore own conflicting beliefs and attitudes towards a particular behaviour. Effective in decreasing smoking, alcohol/drugs misuse, addictions, improving adherence to lifestyle changes. Induces cognitive dissonance

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Common cognitive therapies

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Rational Emotive Therapy 
Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT)
Integrative therapy (IT)
Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)
Systemic/Family therapy
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Aim and principle of behavioural interventions

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Aim: substitute maladaptive behaviours for adaptive ones and relieve symptoms
Principle: interventions assume that maladaptive behaviour is a learned response and can be substituted for a better one

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Operant conditioning is a behavioural intervention. What are the 3 types?

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Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Punishment

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Describe modelling in behavioural intervention

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Learning behaviour by observing and imitating others. Models are observed performing stressful tasks without adverse effects. Most effective when model is perceived to be of ‘higher status’ or a peer

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Describe progressive muscle relaxation

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Most widely used relaxation technique in clinics. Focusing on 16 specific muscle groups in sequence combined with abdominal breathing. Daily practice should take about 20 mins

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Pros of relaxation techniques

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Easy to learn
Can be used virtually anywhere
Once learned relaxation is rapid  
Easily combined with other techniques
No special equipment required 
Choice of techniques
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Cons of relaxation techniques

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Daily practice required
Not suitable for all clinical populations (caution: psychosis, schizophrenia)
Can take time to learn (PMR/meditation)
Does not address underlying cognitive processes

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Describe exposure interventions

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Method of eliminating fears by substituting a response that is incompatible with anxiety such as relaxation.
Based on principles of classical & operant conditioning
Gradual controlled increased exposure (imagined or real) to the feared subject whilst maintaining a relaxed state until fear is extinguished

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Describe flooding

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Inescapable continuous exposure to feared subject (real, virtual or imagined) until anxiety subsides (extinction). Useful in treating phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder etc.

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Aims of Combined Cognitive and Behavioural Interventions (CBT) - 3 listed

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  1. Identify and modify maladaptive beliefs and strategies
  2. Teach positive coping strategies
  3. Empower patient to become their own therapist
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Pros of CBT - 5 listed

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  1. Can be used in a wide range of disorders e.g. Depression, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Bipolar disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, OCD etc…
  2. Can be used for children and adults
  3. Self help versions available
  4. Good evidence base for use for mild/moderate cases but also in severe cases alongside drugs
  5. Brief, time limited - 5 to 20 sessions
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What is psychotherapy?

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Treatment modality (talking therapy)
By a trained person
To relieve distress/ disability in another person
Based on a particular theory/ model

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Aims of psychotherapy

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Relieve symptoms
Explore and change maladaptive emotional, cognitive and behavioral patterns
Encourage and facilitate self-exploration and knowledge
Enable learning of tools and skills to help oneself
Increase resilience

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What is psychological resilience?

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Individual ability to successfully adapt to life tasks in face of social disadvantage or highly adverse conditions. Adversity and stress can come in shape of family or relationship problems, health problems, or workplace and financial worries, among others. Resilience is ability to bounce back from a negative experience with “competent functioning”. Resilience is not a rare ability; in reality, it is found in the average individual and it can be learned and developed by virtually anyone

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Who is suitable for psychotherapy?

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Psychologically minded
Owns difficulties
Can self reflect/question
Motivation to understand and change
Capacity for self-containment
Can have learning difficulties
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Who is not suitabe for psychotherapy?

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Poor impulse control
Poor frustration tolerance
Impaired cognitive function
Substance abuse/dependency
Active psychosis
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Define psychologically minded

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Capacity to think about oneself, reflect about one’s own cognitive processes, emotions and behaviours and verbalize them. Capacity for self containment: Being able to tolerate a degree of emotional discomfort

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Types of psychotherapy - list 4

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Supportive
Behavioural
Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
Counselling

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What is the stepped care approach for psychotherapy in the NHS?

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  1. Primary Care: GP/ IAPT
  2. Secondary Care: Mental Health Trusts
    Psychotherapy Departments
    Personality Disorder Units
    Liaison Departments
    Community MHTs
  3. Tertiary Care:
    Specialist National Units
    OCD and BDD Service (SWLStG)
    Cassel Hospital (Therapeutic Communities)
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Describe supportive psychotherapy

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Encouraging the positive (as opposed to seeking insight)
Emotional release
Explanation and advice
Reassurance
Indication: Chronic mental and physical illnesses

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Describe the 3 parts of the therapeutic relationship

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  1. Therapeutic alliance
  2. Transference
  3. Countertransference

The therapeutic alliance is the rational (implicit) contract between doctor and patient. The contract may be straightforward with mutual cooperation. The contract may be complicated by a covert agenda: patient’s unconscious and unspoken wishes and needs (the transference)

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What is transference in the therapeutic alliance?

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Early relationships get transferred onto a person or situation in present. It is at least partly inappropriate (disproportionate) to present. Other person is expected to play complementary role through subtle behavioural “nudges” to take on these feelings and behaviours. Example: pt afraid that he is seriously ill may adopt a helpless child-like role and project an omnipotent parent-like quality on to doctor, who is then expected to provide a solution

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What is countertransference in the therapeutic alliance?

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Emotions evoked in therapist/dr. Includes feelings evoked by pt’s transference. Useful guide to pt’s expectations. Easy to identify if not congruent with dr’s expectations. Awareness of transference: countertransference relationship allows thoughtful rather than unthinking response from dr

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Describe defence mechanism projection

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Ascribing difficult/unacceptable bits of self to others (self doubt in oneself is seen as incompetence in others)

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Describe defence mechanism regression

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Retrograde step to an earlier stage of development (acceptable when ill)

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Describe defence mechanism rationalisation

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Externally located explanation (patients ambivalent to therapy often come late to sessions and give practical excuses)

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Describe defence mechanism reaction formation

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Opposite extreme (excessive cleanliness to counteract “dirty” wishes)

39
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Describe defence mechanism displacement

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Anger at your boss makes you kick your cat/argue with your wife

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Purpose of psychological defense mechanisms

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Employed to resist the unconscious being made conscious

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