Psychopathology: cognitive treatment for depression

Question 1

What did becks explanation involve in treating depression?

Answer 1

-identify:
.identifying the negative thoughts using the negative triad
-challenge:
.challenging irrational thoughts and comparing with the evidence of the thoughts (reinforce rational thoughts)
-test:
.homework to test the validity of the negative thoughts eg:diary

Question 2

What was Ellis’s explanation called in treating depression?

Answer 2

-rational emotive behaviour therapy

Question 3

What did Ellis’s explanation involve for treating depression?

Answer 3

-he extended the ABC model to DE

Question 4

What did the D and E stand for in his extension of the ABC model?

Answer 4

-d= dispute
-e= effect

Question 5

What did Ellis challenge?

Answer 5

-he challenged irrational beliefs through vigorous disputes to replace irrational beliefs with effective beliefs

Question 6

What were the two types of dispute?

Answer 6

-empirical
-logical

Question 7

What did the empirical dispute involve?

Answer 7

-therapist seeks evidence for persons thoughts

Question 8

What did the logical dispute involve?

Answer 8

-therapist questions logic of the thoughts

Question 9

What were some of the negatives to Ellis’s treatment?

Answer 9

-other treatments may have advantages over CBT eg:SSRI’s
-CBT appears less effective on people who have high levels of irrational beliefs

Question 10

What was a positive to ellis’s treatment?

Answer 10

-research support:
.march et al: conducted a study CBT vs antidepressants and found that CBT works well in conjunction as it had 86% improvements