PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Panic Disorder, Centre For Addiction And Mental Health, Frontal Lobe
18 Jun 2018
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PSY 325: Psychological Disorders - Lecture 9
Therapy and disorders
CBT
Helps you manage/confront your goal on a level you can handle in a repetitive
manner
oInsight only goes so far
2 Techniques of CBT:
1) Realistic probability
a. Do a calculation how many? The probability is low
a.i. Rationally its not going to happen
a.ii. Math: Channeling your energy else where (frontal cortex) rather
than firing you amygdala
b. Works great but it’s a step
Example:
Elevator how many times do you and your friends get stuck? The probability is low of
you getting stuck. (Distraction is not good)
Count tiles and holes
oProblem with distraction: white knuckling it not fixing the problem
2) So what
a. So if this happens what happens next? (“Playing out the tape”)
b. Most people do not think things deeply through the end and make it bigger
than it really is outcome is blown out of proportion
Example of questions used by instructor:
What’s the worst that can happen? What makes you think you’re the only person who’s
done this? Are you that narcissist?
Criticism of the application of CBT
People don’t do the homework CBT people make you feel like shit deters
people from the treatment especially people with panic disorder
Instructor says: its better to have anxiety than depression
Depression having the flu without the fever
People who have never had major depression
Life is not a manual its dirty an painful
Instructors group of 20 never lost more than 2 compared to others who lost more
using the CBT attitude
Scam: Ad everyday problem with depression come to CAMH
o200 people apply for this depression study
oScreen questions:
Can you see the connection between your thoughts and feelings
Most disorders have comorbidity
oCBT want only to deal with depression does not include any other
disorder
oA lot of CBT research is done with pure disorder not normalsince its
common for people to have more than one disorder
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Document Summary
Helps you manage/confront your goal on a level you can handle in a repetitive manner: insight only goes so far. 2 techniques of cbt: realistic probability, do a calculation how many? the probability is low a. i. Math: channeling your energy else where (frontal cortex) rather than firing you amygdala: works great but it"s a step. The probability is low of you getting stuck. (distraction is not good) People don"t do the homework cbt people make you feel like shit deters people from the treatment especially people with panic disorder. Instructor says: its better to have anxiety than depression. Life is not a manual its dirty an painful. Instructors group of 20 never lost more than 2 compared to others who lost more using the cbt attitude. Scam: ad everyday problem with depression come to camh: 200 people apply for this depression study, screen questions: Can you see the connection between your thoughts and feelings.
