Psychological therapies

Question 1

What is cognitive behavioural therapy?

Answer 1

identify, challenge, change

• aims to help patients identify irrational thoughts and trying to change them
• involves a discussion on how likely patients beliefs are to be true and they consider other less threatening possibilities
• doesnt get rid of Schiz but helps with coping
• takes 5-20 sessions

Question 2

How does CBT help patients

Answer 2

• they can male sense of how their delusions/hallucinations impact on their behaviour

understanding where symptoms come from can be helpful
offering a psychological explanation can help reduce anxiety

Question 3

How do psychological therapies work

Answer 3

they work alongside antipsychotics

Question 4

How are irrational thoughts challenged using CBT

Answer 4

help patients identify their own alternative explanation for their beliefs
- done by placing the client in experimental situations that will test the validity of the belief (hypothesis testing)

Question 5

How are irrational thoughts changed using CBT

Answer 5

patients are set behavioural homework to help improve their level of functioning and -ve symptoms

Question 6

How is CBT present orientated

Answer 6

majority of time spent is on what the person is currently experiencing
CBT focuses on current situations

Question 7

What is Family therapy

Answer 7

takes place with families aiming to improve communication and the relationship between family members

therapist aim to reduce stress with in the family and levels of EE

• increases chances of **patients complying with medication and prevents relapse **

Question 8

How does family therapy help patients?

Answer 8

• help form a therapeutic alliance with ask family members
• reduces stress of caring for a relative with Schiz
• reduces sheet and