Treating Depression

Psychotherapies

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 
  
• > treat maladaptive thoughts and behaviours through participating in pleasant events 
• > eg. unhelpful thoughts 'they ignored me, they don't like me', unhelpful emotions = sad/low/rejected, unhelpful physical = stomach cramps/low energy/sick, unhelpful action = go home, cry
• > helpful thoughts 'they look distracted, is something wrong?', helpful emotions = concerned/positive, helpful physical = feel comfortable, helpful action = get in touch to ensure they are okay 
• > CBT focuses on here and now problems rather than causal issue 
• > depressed patients evaluate dysfunctional beliefs and negative automatic thoughts , taught to identify…