psychological treatments : CBT ad family theraphy Flashcards
(12 cards)
what are the aims of CBT to treat Sz?
change dysfunctional thought processing
how doe sCBT work?
- help patient understand positive symptoms aren’t real
- challenge by reality testing
- examine likelihood of beliefs
- improve ability to function
how does belief modification work?
- challenge symptoms
- ask for evidence
- explore beliefs non confrontational way
- patient encouraged to create counter arguments
strength of CBT to treat Sz (evidence of effectiveness)
reviewed 34 CBT studies and showed small effect on positive and negative symptoms
limitation of CBT to treat Sz (suitable)
different psychologists use different CBT techniques to treat different positive and negative symptoms
- hard to know if its effective for one person
who identified stratergies for family therapists to use to treat Sz?
pharaoh
what were pharaohs stratergies?
- reduce negative emotions (reduce EE, reduce stress, reduce relapse)
- improve family’s ability to help (agree on aims, improve family’s beliefs, ensure family can balancing helping and maintaining their own lives)
who proposed a model for families to use?
burbach
what was in burbach’s model?
- share basic info
- identify what family can/cant offer
- family express feelings
- identify unhelpful patterns
- skill training
- relapse preventation
- maintain for future
strength of family therapy to treat Sz (research)
mcfallane - said family therapy reduced relapse by 60%
NICE reccommneds to those with Sz
strength of family therapy to treat Sz (benefit all)
families can provide care for those with Sz
- strengthening family lessens the negative impact on them
- improve family’s ability quality of life
limitation of family therapy to treat Sz (cure)
- not a cure for Sz
- Sz is biological
- this only helps to improve quality of life
- question usefulness
