PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA

Question 1

what 3 psychological therapies are there for sz?

Answer 1

CBT
Family therapy
Token economies

Question 2

what is cognitive behavioural therapy?

Answer 2

a method for treating mental disorders based on both cognitive and behavioural techniques

Question 3

what is the cognitive viewpoint?

Answer 3

therapy deals with thinking e.g. challenging negative thoughts

Question 4

the main aim of CBT is to … between _ - __ sessions

Answer 4

help patients identify irrational thoughts and change them between 5-20 sessions

Question 5

what 3 ways does CBT help?

Answer 5

1. make sense of how delusions and hallucination impact feelings/behaviours
2. offer psychological exp for hallucination/delusions, to lower anxiety
3. delusions can be challenged if patient knows beliefs are not based on reality

Question 6

what is family therapy?

Answer 6

aims to improve communication and interaction between family members, based on sz mother/double bind
reduces stress that contributes to risk of relapse

Question 7

Pharaoh et al identified range of strategies where family therapy helps

Answer 7

1. Therapeutic alliances formed between family members
2. Having a balance between caring for sz fam member and own life
3. Ensuring guilt and anger are lowered
4. Improving ability of fam to solve and anticipate problems
5. Reducing stress of caring for relative

Question 8

what are token economies?

Answer 8

reward systems used to manage the behaviour of patients who have fell into maladaptive behaviour in psychiatric hospitals

Question 9

what are tokens?

Answer 9

coloured discs given immediately after desired behaviour

need it immediately to prevent ‘delay discounting’, where it becomes a daily thing

Question 10

what are rewards?

Answer 10

swapped for actual rewards based on operant conditioning e.g. sweets, magazines or services