treatment - cbtp

Question 1

what does the cognitive approach argue about SZ symptoms?

Answer 1

they’re a result of faulty information processing e.g:
- misattributed speech & behavior (attribute speech and behavior to someone/something else)
- faulty self monitoring
- deficits in STM and semantic memory
- distorted perceptions

Question 2

what is cbt?

Answer 2

a combo of cognitive therapy (way of challenging beliefs) and behavioral therapy (way of changing behavior in response to these thoughts and beliefs)

Question 3

what does cbt aim to do?

Answer 3

modify beliefs about their experiences and identify/change irrational thoughts
- clients made aware of their negative views
- in this way, irrational beliefs can be replaced with more optimistic and rational beliefs

Question 4

how does the therapist help?

Answer 4

patients helped to make sense of how their delusions and hallucinations impact on their feelings and behaviors

offering explanations for these symptoms reduces anxiety and helps the patient realize their beliefs are not based in reality

Question 5

phase 1 of cbt

Answer 5

assessment - patient expresses their thoughts about their experiences to the therapist, goals for therapy discussed

Question 6

phase 2 of cbt

Answer 6

engagement - therapist emphasizes the patients perspective and their feelings of distress, and stresses that explanations for their distress can de developed together