Week 1 - Psycosocial Therapies

Question 1

What is the classical conditioning learning theory?

Answer 1

Paired conditioned stimulus with response

Question 2

What is operant conditioning learning theory?

Answer 2

Basing decisions on outcomes

Question 3

What are type A psychological therapies?

Answer 3

Psychological treatment as an integral part of mental health care

Question 4

What are type B psychological therapies?

Answer 4

Eclectic psychological therapy and counselling

Question 5

What are type C psychological therapies?

Answer 5

Formal psychotherapies

Question 6

What are some examples of type C psychological therapies?

Answer 6

Cognitive-behavioural therapy
psychoanalytic/psychodynamic therapies
systemic and family therapy

Question 7

What is cognitive behavioural therapy?

Answer 7

Pragmatic combination of concepts and techniques from cognitive therapy and behavioural therapy

Question 8

What are some techniques of behavioural therapy?

Answer 8

Graded exposure of feared situations
activity scheduling
reinforcement

Question 9

What are some techniques of cognitive therapy?

Answer 9

Education (detailed explanation and discussion of cognitive model)
monitoring (of thoughts, behaviours, feelings and contexts to develop awareness of their inter relationship)
examining/challenging (negative thoughts)
behavioural experiments
cognitive rehearsal (of coping with difficult situations)

Question 10

What is CBT used for?

Answer 10

Depression
anxiety states
eating disorders
sexual dysfunction

Question 11

What eating disorders does CBT help?

Answer 11

Bulimia

anorexia is a work in progress

Question 12

How does CBT help psychoses such as schizophrenia?

Answer 12

Distract from symptoms and alter beliefs about abnormal perceptions
reduce preoccupation with delusions and intensity of beliefs
less impact on negative symptoms

Question 13

Who is CBT suitable for?

Answer 13

Keen to be active participants
engage collaboratively
can accept a model and are practically seeking a solution

Question 14

What are psychoanalytical and psychodynamic therapies used for?

Answer 14

Focal - conflicts arising from early experience that are re-enacted in adult life.
Analytic - allow unconscious conflicts to be re-enacted and interpreted.
Used for interpersonal difficulties and personality problems

Question 15

What is systemic and family therapy used for?

Answer 15

Focus on relational context

address patterns of interaction and meaning

Question 16

What is humanistic/client-centred therapy?

Answer 16

General counselling skills (warmth, empathy , unconditional positive regard)
used for life events
mild anxiety/stress
marital/relationship difficulties

Question 17

Why does cognitive therapy work?

Answer 17

Changes in mood state are directly related to the way we make sense of events

Question 18

What is the negative cognitive triad?

Answer 18

Negative view of self
negative view of the world around
negative view of the future

Question 19

What happens to the body in anxiety?

Answer 19

When danger is perceived or anticipated the brain activates the autonomic nervous system which activates sympathetic pathway which primes the body for response by releasing adrenaline and noradrenaline

Question 20

How does CBT work in anxiety?

Answer 20

Reduce avoidance
cease safety seeking behaviours
exposure
test beliefs by real life exposures