Cognitive treatment for depression

• AO1


  Assessment Objective 1
• Cognitive treatment for depression

  Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• CBT


  1. Therapist helps patient identify negative beliefs

  2. Encourage patient to approach thoughts like a 'scientist,' considering evidence for and against

  3. Patient given homework to record enjoyable events or kindness from others

  4. Therapist and patient evaluate evidence together
• Second cognitive treatment for depression

  Rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT)
• REBT


  1. Disputing irrational beliefs

  2. Logical disputing - challenging if thoughts make sense

  3. Empirical disputing - asking if there is evidence or proof

  4. Pragmatic disputing - asking if thoughts are useful

  5. Effective beliefs put into place to fix cognition