Cognitive treatments for dysfunctional behaviour
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- Cognitive treatments for DB
- Rational emotive therapy
- Uses ABC model
- A = activating event
- E.g. failing an exam
- B = beliefs
- E.g. thinking you are stupid for failing the exam
- C = consequences
- Involves what happens if you have these faulty beliefs
- A = activating event
- Cognitive treatments involve altering thoughts to make them positive not irrational
- RET aims to reverse illogical thinking and create realistic thinking and positive behaviour
- Uses ABC model
- Treatment of negative automatic thoughts
- Based on the idea that people with disorders such as depression expect to fail and have negative self views
- Collaborative between patient and therapist
- 1: Problem + goal are identified
- 2: For someone with depression, negative thoughts are challenged and they are then given homework to 'test' these thoughts
- 3: patient monitors perceptions realistically and monitor N.A.T
- 4: examine evidence supporting thoughts
- Patient then comes to understand why they have these thoughts
- 4: examine evidence supporting thoughts
- 3: patient monitors perceptions realistically and monitor N.A.T
- 2: For someone with depression, negative thoughts are challenged and they are then given homework to 'test' these thoughts
- 1: Problem + goal are identified
- Beck + Ellis
- Aim: compare effectiveness of drug + cognitive therapies
- Experimental method & independent measures
- Participants: 44 diagnosed with depression
- Procedure: assessed with self reports before treatment + had 1 hour of CBT for 12 wks or 100 imipramine capsules
- Findings: cognitive group showed an improvement of 78.9% compared to 20%
- Findings 2: CBT attrition was 5%, drugs was 32%
- Conclusion: cognitive therapy leads to a better treatment for depression
- Findings 2: CBT attrition was 5%, drugs was 32%
- Findings: cognitive group showed an improvement of 78.9% compared to 20%
- Procedure: assessed with self reports before treatment + had 1 hour of CBT for 12 wks or 100 imipramine capsules
- Participants: 44 diagnosed with depression
- Experimental method & independent measures
- Aim: compare effectiveness of drug + cognitive therapies
- Rational emotive therapy
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