Cognitive approach to treating depression Flashcards
What was Beck’s treatment for depression?
Cognitive therapy to identify thouhgts about the world, future and the self and challenge them. It also tests the reality of negative beliefs.
What was Ellis’s treatment for depression?
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy to identify and dispute irrational thoughts. The ABC model is extended to ABCDispute Efffect
What are the strengths of CBT?
It is effective in treating depression. For example March et al. compared CBT to drugs and found them as effective.
Ethical as the patient is in control
It is short as it can happen once a week
What are the weaknesses of CBT?
It may not work for the most severe cases as patients aren’t motivated
Success may be up to the therapist-parent relationship
Some patients want to explore and talk about their past but it focuses on the present
There is overemphasis on cognition and so may ignore the importance of living circumstances
