Cognitive Approach To Explaining Depressiom

Question 1

What is CBT?

Answer 1

Method for treating mental health disorders

Based on both cognitive and behavioural techniques from a cognitive veiw point

CBT is an overall cognitive treatment

Question 2

Cognitive aim

Answer 2

Client and therapist work together to identify irrational or negative thoughts that cause depression

These negative irrational thoughts will be changed to turn them to more rational and positive thinking

Question 3

Cognitive strategy

Answer 3

Empirical disputing where therapist will ask evidence to support negative /irrational thoughts eg “where is the proof that nobody likes you?”

Therapist may get client to complete H/W and dairy to test reality of beliefs

Therapist can challenge clients belief and prove they are incorrect

Question 4

Behavioural aim

Answer 4

Effective behaviours into place

Question 5

Behavioural aim

Answer 5

Puts effective behaviours into place

Question 6

Behavioural strategy

Answer 6

Behavioural activation used to change a clients behaviours

Encouraging depressed individual to be more active

Includes clients engaging in activities they once enjoyed

Improved a persons mood and reduce negative thoughts

Question 7

RTS effectiveness of CBT March (2007)

Answer 7

Studied adolescents with depression found 81% of symptoms had significantly improved after CBT

Suggest challenging negative thoughts provide reduction in depressive symptoms

Thus CBT is popular choice of treatment for NHS

Question 8

Ao3 limitation of CBT as a treatment for depression

Answer 8

Requires motivation and commitment from patients to attend sessions and engage in activities they once enjoyed

This is an issue for individuals with depression often lack motivation

This may reduce effectiveness of CBT as a treatment for depression

Question 9

Ao3 limitation of CBT as a cognitive treatment for depression is high relapse rates

Answer 9

Depression was assessed in 439 clients every month for 12 months following course of CBT

53% relapsed into depression within a year

Implying although effective at tackling symptoms of depression in short term patients may need to engage in treatment more regularly

Reducing effectiveness of CBT as a long term treatment