cognitive approach to treating depression Flashcards
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a01 treating depression
CBT/RET -type of Cognitive therapy
Change the thinking, change the behaviour
turning irrational beliefs into rational beliefs
ELlIS DEF
Disputing irrational thoughts
Effective and rational attitudes towards life
Feelings are positive and less deliberating
Disputing Irrational beliefs into rational ones:
logical disputing -does the belief make sense?
empirical disputing -what is the evidence for the belief
pragmatic disputing -does believing the evidence help me.
CBT/RET also requires:
the patient to do h/w tasks that challenges them. -> empirical disputing
participate in activities that are enjoyable pleasurable -> Behavioural Activation to create more positive feelings
The therapist needs to prove the clients value as a human being. The clients should be supported and appreciated regardless of what they say this is called unconditional positive regard
CBT Challenges the cognition and behavioural
why is resrach support
P: CBT/RET worKS
E: researchers found a 90% success rate over 27 Session for treating depression
E: This Suggests that CBT is effective In treating depression, reliability
Strength: How does research support the effectiveness of CBT/RET in treating depression?
P: CBT/RET works effectively in treating depression.
E: Researchers found a 90% success rate over 27 sessions for treating depression.
E: This suggests that CBT is effective in treating depression, showing high reliability due to consistently positive outcomes.
Why is CBT considered more beneficial than drug therapy in terms of long-term effects?
P: CBT has no side effects compared to drug therapy.
E: CBT is potentially longer-lasting as it challenges irrational thoughts and thinking, whereas drug therapy is short-term, and symptoms often return once medication stops.
E: This shows the long lasting effects that CBT has on the clients If they stick with it as it treats the root cause, RWA
Strength: What research supports behavioural activation as part of CBT for depression?
P: There is support for behavioural activation.
E: Researchers assigned depressed participants to a course of aerobic exercise, antidepressant drug treatment, or both. All three groups improved after four months, but the exercise group had significantly lower relapse rates than the medication group.
E: This shows that a change in physical activity can be beneficial in treating depression. It supports the behavioural approach, and the consistent improvement across groups adds to reliability, indicating that behavioural strategies are valuable components of treatment.
P: There is support for behavioural activation.
E: Researchers assigned depressed participants to a course of aerobic exercise, antidepressant drug treatment, or both. All three groups improved after four months, but the exercise group had significantly lower relapse rates than the medication group.
E: This shows that a change in physical activity can be beneficial in treating depression indicating that behavioural strategies are valuable components of treatment, reliability
weakness:Why might drug therapy be a more practical alternative to CBT for some patients?
P: Alternative treatments are available.
E: Drug therapies could enable a depressed client to cope better as they require less effort than CBT.
E: This suggests that CBT works better when used in conjunction with drug therapy and may be the better option ,lacks validity
weakness: How do individual differences affect the success of CBT for depression?
P: Individual differences
E: CBT requires a lot of effort and motivation from the client to be effective, as it takes around 6 months to succeed and therefore may be less suitable for those with high levels of irrational beliefs or stress.
E: This shows how individual differences play a role in the treatment’s effectiveness, It lacks representation, as findings may not generalise to all types of patients, especially those who are severely depressed and therefore takes a idiographic approach, .
