Alternatives to the medical model
Cognitive
Beck (1961) cognitive triad
- Negative views on self, world, future
- All 3 beliefs -> likely diagnosis of depression
- Depression - select information in the environment to confirm negative view like the
attention they get from people having sympathy on them makes them continue to
be the way they are
overgeneralization Viewing unfortunate events as part of a E.g. ‘everything always goes
never-ending struggle wrong for me’
filtering Focusing on the negatives and ignoring E.g. i got this answer wrong on
the positives the test
catastrophization Exaggerating situations for the worst E.g. omg i only got an A on this
test i’m gonna fail
Dichotomous reasoning Only one of the two extremes. Best or E.g. she does everything
worst perfectly
Ellis - ABC model
- Activating event
- Beliefs
- Consequences
Cognitive treatment
CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) REBT (rational emotive behavioural
therapy)
- Dispute
- Effect
- Uses cognitive techniques to change - Help understand how our own
thinking beliefs cause illness
- Changing beliefs + behaviours
- Cognitive + emotional regulation
skills
- Keeping journals
Cognitive
Beck (1961) cognitive triad
- Negative views on self, world, future
- All 3 beliefs -> likely diagnosis of depression
- Depression - select information in the environment to confirm negative view like the
attention they get from people having sympathy on them makes them continue to
be the way they are
overgeneralization Viewing unfortunate events as part of a E.g. ‘everything always goes
never-ending struggle wrong for me’
filtering Focusing on the negatives and ignoring E.g. i got this answer wrong on
the positives the test
catastrophization Exaggerating situations for the worst E.g. omg i only got an A on this
test i’m gonna fail
Dichotomous reasoning Only one of the two extremes. Best or E.g. she does everything
worst perfectly
Ellis - ABC model
- Activating event
- Beliefs
- Consequences
Cognitive treatment
CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) REBT (rational emotive behavioural
therapy)
- Dispute
- Effect
- Uses cognitive techniques to change - Help understand how our own
thinking beliefs cause illness
- Changing beliefs + behaviours
- Cognitive + emotional regulation
skills
- Keeping journals
