SLWK 606 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Cognitive Model, Mental Disorder, Dysphoria
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Emotions are of primary importance in cbt. Patients with a psychiatric disorder often experience an intensity of emotion that can seem excessive or inappropriate to the situation. It is important to acknowledge and empathize with how patients feel and refrain from challenging or disputing their emotions. Evaluate the thoughts and beliefs that underlie patients" distress to reduce their dysphoria. Help patients view their experiences through the cognitive model. Organize the material patients present into the categories of the cognitive model: situation, automatic thought, and reaction. You will investigate further when patients report an emotion that does not seem to match the content of their automatic thoughts. Some patients display a relatively impoverished vocabulary for emotions; others understand emotional labels intellectually but have difficulty labeling their own specific emotions. It is sometimes important for patients not only to identify their emotions, but also to quantify the degree of emotion that they are experiencing.
