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Who developed cognitive therapy theory?
Aaron Beck
Cognitive therapy
Based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions
Methods of cognitive therapy (in order)
1. Identify negative/maladaptive beliefs

2. Socratic questioning

3. Behavior exposures
Positives of Cognitive therapy
Strong research support for CT for many disorders, including depression and anxiety
Negatives of Cognitive therapy (2)
1. clients must have a certain level of insight, intelligence

2. could be difficult to implement
Meta-analysis
A way to objectively measure the effectiveness of psychotherapy.
3 features of meta-analysis
1. statistical technique for combining data from various studies in order to arrive at an overall conclusion about the studies taken as a whole

2. It calculates an effect size for each study

3. The effect sizes are then used to answer specific questions about the effects of treatment
4 criticisms of Smith and Glass meta-analysis
1. problem of apples and oranges

2. ignores quality of the study

3. problems with different types of control groups

4. Inconsistent application of techniques
Randomized Clinical Trials (RCT)
A treatment outcome study (=clinical trial) in which the participants are randomly assigned to different treatment conditions. Compare the treatment condition in question against control conditions. The best existing research method to study the relative efficacy of different treatment conditions
Primary aim of the MCC Study
Investigate the independent and combined effects of CBT and imipramine in the treatment of panic disorder
Multisiste OCD Study
Investigate the independent and combined effects of clomipramine and exposure-response prevention in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
In EMDR therapy, the therapist attempts to unlock and reprocess previous frozen traumatic memories by waving a finger in front of the eyes of the client. **EMDR has not held up under scientific testing
Biomedical therapies
mental illness caused by underlying biological disorder or disease
4 Criticisms of Biomedical therapies
1. drugs don't cure; they only provide symptom relief

2. drug treatment often must be continued indefinitely to avoid relapse

3. side effects

4. the drugs are not consistently effective; a patient may need to try several before finding one that is effective
Electroconclusive Therapy (ECT)
Therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient