Schizophrenia being treated by Psychological Therapy: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Flashcards
what is CBT based on?
it’s based on the assumption that patients can be helped by identifying and changing their “faulty cognitions”
what are one of the main techniques used in CBT based off?
Ellis’s ABC model
cognitive restructuring can occur by…
patients identifying their
- activating event
- exploring their beliefs
- recognising the concequences
what are people with schizophrenia encouraged to do?
reality-test their hallucinations and delusions
schizophrenics are encouraged to question…
where their voices are originating from
what do patients use to help themselves?
positive self-talk
what are the exercises meant to do?
help patients realise where their faults are in their thought patterns so that they can change them.
Chadwick et al (1996)
found a man called Nigel who believed he could predict what people were about to say
what year was Chadwick et al study?
1996
what was the name of Chadwick’s patient?
Nigel
was Nigel a schizophrenic?
yes
what did Chadwick do?
tested Nigel’s ability by making him watch 50 clips and stopping them so he could predict what comes next
what were the results of Chadwick’s study
Nigel didn’t get a single one right
after the experiment, what did Nigel realise?
he didn’t have this ‘superpower’
Chadwick’s study shows…
that CBT does work on people
Advantage study
Sensky et al (2000)
when was Sensky’s study?
2000
what did Sensky find?
found that CBT was effective in treating patients who hadn’t responded to drug treatment
CBT is helpful for…
positive and negative symptoms
how long after Sensky’s study ended did the patients still improve?
9 months
what does CBT do?
puts patients in charge of their own treatment by teaching them self help strategies
are there many ethical issues with CBT?
no
Disadvantage: CBT only treats…
the symptoms
Disadvantage: CBT ignores what actually…
causes schizophrenia
Disadvantage: why is it difficult to measure the effectiveness of CBT?
because it relies on the patient self-reporting their progress
Disadvantage: patients can become
dependant on their therapists
Disadvantage: the patient has to _________ for CBT
volunteer
