The Cognitive Approach to Treating Depression

Question 1

What are the two treatments for depression?

Answer 1

CBT and Ellis’ REBT

Question 2

What is CBT?

Answer 2

Method for treating mental disorders based on cognitive behavioural techniques

Question 3

What does CBT involve?

Answer 3

• Clarify problems
• Jointly identify goals for therapy and make plan
• Negative and irrational thoughts identified so can be replaced with effective behaviour

Question 4

What is Beck’s CBT?

Answer 4

Aims to identify automatic thoughts about the world, oneself and the future then challenged

Question 5

What is Ellis’ REBT?

Answer 5

• Aims to turn irrational thoughts into rational
• Expanded to ABCDEF
• D: disrupting irrational thoughts and beliefs
• E: effects of disrupting and effective attitude towards life
• F: new feelings produced