Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Question 1

What causes mental illness?

Answer 1

Faulty, irrational or maladaptive/negative thoughts and beliefs

Question 2

What is a self-schema?

Answer 2

All the information, thoughts and feelings we have about ourselves

Question 3

Who developed CBT?

Answer 3

Beck

Question 4

What is in the Cognitive Triad?

Answer 4

The Self, The World, The Future

Question 5

What is The Self?

Answer 5

I am a bad person

Question 6

What is the The World?

Answer 6

My life is terrible

Question 7

What is the Future?

Answer 7

Things will not improve

Question 8

What is a cognitive error?

Answer 8

These are automatic negative thoughts that seem reasonable to the individual, but do not reflect reality

Question 9

What is catastrophising?

Answer 9

Thinking the worst will happen

Question 10

What is Over-generalising?

Answer 10

Attributing negative thoughts to all areas of life

Question 11

What techniques does CBT use?

Answer 11

Cognitive and Behavioural

Question 12

What is the Cognitive Element?

Answer 12

therapists works with the client to help them identify negative thoughts

Question 13

What is the Behaviourist Element?

Answer 13

therapist encourages the client to engage in reality testing during the session or as homework

Question 14

What is the aim of CBT?

Answer 14

To challenge maladapative thoughts and replace them with healthy thinking

Question 15

What is the name of the diary that the client is asked to write in?

Answer 15

Dysfunctional Thought Diary

Question 16

What is a client asjed to write after an event?

Answer 16

The automatic thoughts associated with the event and how much they believe them on a scale between 1-100%

Question 17

What does the client do after the initial negative thought?

Answer 17

They write a rational thought and how much they believe that on a scale between 1-100%

Question 18

What is the third stage of a dysfunctional thought diary?

Answer 18

Reassess the initial negative thought on a scale between 0-100%

Question 19

What are the two traditional questions a therapist asks?

Answer 19

Where is the evidence of X? What is the worst that could happen if X were true?

Question 20

What should the client do if they find an activity they don’t enjoy?

Answer 20

Stop going to it and try something else?

Question 21

What is the client asked to do outside of therapy?

Answer 21

Plan and engage in different activities

Question 22

What is Behavioural Activation?

Answer 22

Helping the clients to change their behaviour

Question 23

What does the evidence say CBT is effective in treating?

Answer 23

Depression and anxiety-related problems

Question 24

What did Cahill find in 2003 for those who attended the full therapy?

Answer 24

71% of patients experienced significant reduction in their symptons

Question 25

What did Cahill et al find in those who didn't complete the therapy?

Answer 25

Only 13% showed improvement

Question 26

What did jarrett et al compare CBT to in 1998 and how many patients were there?

Answer 26

Drug therapy and 108 over a 10 week period

Question 27

What did Hollon et al find in 1992?

Answer 27

There is no difference between CBT and anti-depressants in a 107 sample

Question 28

What does the success of CBT rely on?

Answer 28

Therapist competency

Question 29

What did Kuyken and Tsivikos find in 2009?

Answer 29

Up to 15% of the effectiveness of CBT may be due to the competence of the therapist

Question 30

What 3 types of people did Simons et al state CBT was ineffective in, in 1995?

Answer 30

High level of irrational beliefs, reistant to change, or those with realistic stress

Question 31

Who does CBT blame?

Answer 31

The client (their faulty thinking)

Question 32

What does CBT overlook?

Answer 32

Situational/social factors

Question 33

Is CBT a one time therapy?

Answer 33

No CBT requires at least 6 sessions, with the average being 10-12 which leads to it being expensive