Treatment

• What assumptions are cognitive treatments to depression based on?

  That faulty thought processing is what makes a person vulnerable to depression
• How does CBT treat depression?

  Aims to replace negative thoughts with positive, rational ones by challenging irrational ones
• What is the first step to CBT?

  An initial assessment is conducted in order to identify a patient’s problems
• What is the second step to CBT?

  Goals are set in order to create a plan of action to achieve them
• What is the third step to CBT?

  Negative thoughts are identified and challenged using Beck’s negative triad, gathering evidence against irrational thoughts and testing their validity
• What does CBT set?

  Homework; where the patient might be encouraged to prove their beliefs wrong
• What is another form of treatment for depression, aside from CBT?


  REBT
• What is REBT?

  A type of CBT which aims to take a more philosophical and emotional approach
• What did Ellis’ ABC model later develop? 


  D (dispute) and E (empirical)
• What does dispute involve in Ellis’ model?

  Logical or empirical dispute involves questioning thought process or finding evidence for it