Treatment Flashcards
Treatment targetting safety behaviors:
All the behaviours and cognitions
Through behavioral experiments (often graded) to test the predictions of harm.
Address Catastrophic misinterpretations
De-centering and cognitive reappraisal of situations - this is just anxiety symptoms
Behaviour experiments
Behaviour experiment form
Treatment to address Scanning Hypervigilance
By setting up behavioral experiments to evaluate the consequences of reducing the amount of time spent checking or anticipating the worst
Stay task-focused and/or use distraction e.g. self-safe hypnosis.
Treatment for Escape and avoidance
Fear hierarchy exposure
Scanning /hypervigilance worry
opposite action/exposure
Performance anxiety
behavior experiment or opposite action
Perfectionism
Cognitive restructuring about expectations, behviour experiments, not procrastinating
Depression
Behaviour activation, ACT