Treatment

• What did March et al., (2007) find about CBT?


  Effective in reducing symptoms of depression and preventing relapse
• How March’s study support the effectiveness of CBT and its practical application?

  Suggests that CBT may acts as a long-term solution in targeting the root cause of the disorder rather than just the symptoms
• Why is it disadvantageous that CBT is only effective in treating moderate levels of depression?

  CBT requires an hour of 5-20 sessions; counter-intuitive as abolition is a core symptom of depression, making patient unable to attend therapy
• What is a better solution to treating severe depression?

  Anti-depressants in order to relief symptoms so that patients are able to attend therapy
• What did Wampold (2006) find about CBT?


  It is not the treatment itself, but rather the therapist-patient relationship that makes the therapy effective
• How does therapist-patient relationships make CBT more effective?

  Having the opportunity to talk to someone who will listen could be what matters the most; undermining the importance of CBT and any difference to other forms of psychotherapy
• Why might the cognitive approach not be treating depression effectively?

  It is too simplistic in its explanation; a stress-diathesis approach is more effective as it states that genetic vulnerability for depression is what causes faulty information thinking (and faulty information thinking that causes depression)
• Discuss cognitive treatments to depression (16 marker)

  AO1: CBT

  AO1: REBT

  AO3 (+): March et al., (2007)

  AO3 (-): Counter-intuitive

  AO3 (-): Wampold (2006)

  AO3 (-): Simplistic