Treating Psychopathology

6 important questions on Treating Psychopathology

Continuing professional development (CPD)

The demonstration by accredited therapists that they regularly update their knowledge of recent developments in treatment techniques

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

A psychotherapy based on modifying cognitions, assumptions, beliefs and behaviours, with the aim of influencing disturbed emotions.

Rational emotive therapy

A cognitive technique developed by Albert Ellis (1962) which addresses how people construe themselves, their life and the world.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibition (SSRI)

A group of antidepressant drugs that selectively affect the uptake of only one neurotransmitter - usually serotonin

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs)

A procedure for assessing the effectiveness of therapies by comparing the effectiveness of the treatment being assessed (across a range of objective measures) with a variety of control conditions, and with other forms of therapy and treatment (if necessary).

No treatment or a waiting-list control group

A group of participants in a randomized controlled trial who control for the effects of spontaneous remission.

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