PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Cognitive Therapy
23 Oct 2016
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Cognitive-behavioural model: behavioural therapies while effective for some conditions are usually used along with cognitive therapies today. Cognitive views of abnormal behaviour disorders are caused or worsened by maladaptive thinking. Three kinds of cognitive therapy: ellis"s ratio(cid:374)al-emotive behavioural therapy, beck"s cog(cid:374)itive therapy, second-wave cognitive-behavioural therapies, ellis"s rational-emotive therapy. Goal is to identify irrational assumptions that lead to disordered emotional and behavioural responses. Help client develop constructive ways of thinking (cognitive restructuring) Effective for social anxiety and assertiveness: beck"s cognitive therapy. Therapists help clients identify negative thoughts and perceptions and guide them to apply alternative ways of thinking. About as effective as drug therapy: 2/3 improve, also, used for panic disorders and social anxiety disorder. Note: beck was trained in psychoanalysis studied dream content of depressed people. Found that negative thinking pervades even dreams: second-wave cognitive-behavioural therapies. Clients accept thought rather than try to eliminate them. Good at treating depression, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety.
