CBT

• What is the aim of cognitive behavioural therapy?

  change obsessional thinking by sufferers reliving the obsessional thoughts repeatedly to reduce the anxiety produced with them.
• what do patients eventually see intrusive thoughts as?

  being normal and end with much more adaptive beliefs
• what do patients end with?

  much more adaptive beliefs
• Give 2 strengths of CBT?

  • Research shown drugs and CBT gives best results.
  • Faster than drugs
• Give one strength of CBT?

  Faster than drugs
• Give one strength of CBT?

  • Research found that combination of drugs and CBT gives the best results compared to drugs alone or no treatment, particularly if the drugs were given first
  • drugs allow patient to access the CBT more easily due to reducing anxiety levels
• give the limitation of CBT?


  Some patients do not like to discuss their emotions or thoughts and do not have the verbal skills
• what do drugs allow the patient to do?

  access the CBT more easily due to a reduction in anxiety levels
• why do drugs allow patients to access CBT more easily?

  Reducing anxiety levels