Psychological Treatments For Sz - CBT

Question 1

what are the two psychological treatments for sz?

Answer 1

• CBT
• family therapy

Question 2

what is the aim of CBT ?
(AO1 - 1st point)

Answer 2

• the aim of CBT is to help patients identify and challenge irrational thoughts such as delusions and turn them into positive, rational ones using disputing
• CBT challenges irrational and unrealistic thought processes

Question 3

what are the steps of CBT ?
(AO1 - 2nd point)

Answer 3

• patient identifies irrational thoughts with therapist e.g. paranoid delusion aliens are trying to abduct them
• the therapist then challenges these irrational thoughts to encourage patients to find a less threatening exp
• this is done through empirical disputing
• the therapist would ask patient for evidence for the delusion/hallucination

Question 4

what is the result of CBT?
(AO1 - 3rd point)

Answer 4

• disputing helps patients und delusions/ hallucinations arent real and theyre just a symptom of sz
• therapist offers less threatening exp for these symptoms, this reduces stress and anx

Question 5

what is another method of CBT?
(AO1 - 4th point)

Answer 5

positive self talk can also be used, e.g. if indv hears neg voices, they can say pos statements to challenge auditory hallucinations

Question 6

What are the three AO3 peels to evaluate CBT?

Answer 6

RTS - effectiveness of CBT
Weakness - requires motivation and commitment
Strength - avoids chemical dependence