Psychological Treatments

Question 1

CBT

Answer 1

identity and challenge maladaptive cognitions and dysfunctional behaviours

Question 2

How does CBT work

Answer 2

Challenging the clients negative thoughts and asking them to prove the accuracy of their irrational beliefs.
Teaches self talking to block the negative beliefs
Testing faulty hypotheses through homework tasks

Question 3

Two most important components of CBT

Answer 3

Thought catching - identifying the thoughts

Behavioural activation - homework component

Question 4

Thought catching (CBT)

Answer 4

Helps the client recognise the link between thoughts and feelings. They may be asked to keep a diary of emotion arousing events and thoughts. Negative thoughts then challenged by therapist

Question 5

Behavioural activation

Answer 5

Being active leads to rewards that act as an anecdote for depression therapist and patient identify potentially pleasurable activities and anticipate and deal with any cognitive obstacles

Question 6

Support for behavioural activation (Cbt) AND EVALUATION OF STUDY

Answer 6

Babyak found lower relapse rates in the behavioural activation group than in drugs 
EVALUATION
- individual differences
- limited sample
- volunteer bias

Question 7

Effectiveness of CBT

Answer 7

Robinson used a meta analysis and found that CBT was superior to no treatment at all BUT wasn’t more effective when competed to a placebo group. CBT may not be as effective as we think?

Question 8

Strengths of CBT

Answer 8

Lower relapse rate - deals with cause not symptoms

Question 9

Conclusion of CBT

Answer 9

Successful but may be less suitable when the person is exposed to stressors in their life which they can’t control - as changing negative thoughts won’t help them deal with uncontrollable stressors p

Question 10

PIT

Answer 10

uncover disturbances in interpersonal relationships which have caused depression, by modifying them in the therapeutic relationship

Question 11

PIT helps with

Answer 11

1. Unresolved grief - by facilitating mourning
2. Role disputes - resolve disputes
3. Role transitions - give up old role and view as opportunity
4. Interpersonal deficits - reduce social isolation

Question 12

Effectiveness of PIT

Answer 12

Paly - just as effective as CBT

Question 13

Appropriateness of PIT

Answer 13

Guthrie argued that PIT is important in the treatment of depression when the causes lie in dysfunctional relationships. But the quality of the client/therapist relationship determines the outcome so having an experimented therapist is essential

Question 14

Strengths of psychological treatments

Answer 14

• no side effects
• can be used for adolescents
• help to deal with the cause and not just symptoms

Question 15

Conclusion

Answer 15

Psychological therapies may not be as suitable for those who are severely depressed as those people may need biological treatments to manage the symptoms before any form of therapy is offered