AO3 CBT

• Research to support

  Ellis (1957) claimed 90% success flare for people taking CBT on a average of 27 sessions to complete treatment

  • CBT has done well in studies measuring the treatment of depression
  • Cuijipers et Al reviewed 75 studies on treating depression and found CBT was the most effective

  CBT is often effective
• CBT isn't always effective (combine with research to support)

  Ellis suggested CBT wasn't always effective as some clients may not 🚫 put their revised beliefs into practice.

  • Therapist competence is also significant in influencing the collectiveness of CBT

  Other factors relating to the client's behaviour and the therapist may reduce the effectiveness of CBT
• Individual differences

  CBT isn't suitable for everyone

  • CBT isn't suitable for people who have strong irrational beliefs and are unwilling to change.
  • Or in individuals who are experiencing high levels of stress, they may reflect realistic stresses in someone's life which CBT cannot resolve (e.g. money problems
  • Some people may also not want to take advice from a CBT practitioner and would rather share their worries with a therapist where CBT isn't part of recovery

  There are many individual differences reducing CBTs effectiveness, isn't suitable for many people suffering 😔
• Support for behavioural action 


  Changing behaviour can go some way in alleviating the effects of depression, an exercise study demonstrated this

  • Babyak et Al (2000) studied 156 depressed volunteers, they were assigned to either aerobic exercise, drug treatment or a combination of both
  • All groups showed improvement & those in the exercise conditions had significantly lower levels of relapse compared to the medication group.

  So, a change in behaviour is clearly beneficial in treating depression
• Alternative treatments

  Other treatments are available, using antidepressants is the most popular

  • Drug therapies requires less effort from the patient (CBT requires around 27 sessions, which is a lot of commitment).
  • However, drugs can be used in conjunction with CBT
  • This is beneficial as depressed clients may be more willing to focus on CBT due to the drugs helping them cope.
  • Cujiper et Al found CBT was most effective when combined with drug treatments

  So, CBT combined with drugs is arguably the best option
• The dodo 🦤 bird effect

  Rozenweig argued that all treatments were effective & the success rate differences were very small

  This similarity may be due to the common factors in the various different therapies, such as being able to talk 🦜 to a sympathetic person (mat enhance self-esteem) and having the opportunity to express one's thoughts.

  All methods of treatment are almost equally effective