Cbt Case Studies

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in contrast to many other therapeutic frameworks has both an explicit rationale and an empirically demonstrable success rate. In addition to the wealth of published case histories there are a plethora of controlled studies attesting to the efficacy of CBT interventions with an equally diverse range of psychological and behavioral conditions. (Emmelkamp et al 1992).

The Beck Youth Inventory Test was developed in 2001 by Judith Beck, Aaron Beck, John Jolly, and Robert Steer. The purpose of this psychological testing tool is a brief self-report to measure the distress in children and adolescents (Flanagan & Henington, 2005). The Beck Youth Inventory includes using five self-administered scales. The five tests include the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Anger Inventory, Beck Disruptive Inventory, and the Beck Self-Concept Inventory. These tests can be administered individually or in combination to the youth. The intended population for this test is ages 7-14 years (Flanagan & Henington, 2005). This test is used to assess symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, disruptive

I would suggest to my friend to get support from a cognitive behavioral therapist. CBT would the best fit for this friend because, this type of therapy focuses on both the behavior and thought processes regarding and influencing this behavior. CBT is also supported through research to be the most effective treatment for depression. The biggest factor for choosing CBT as a recommendation is that my friend is having suicidal thoughts, and with CBT those would get addressed immediately before starting a treatment plan. The treatment would not actually start until the therapist would know that she would be safe from harm. The treatment plan may involve her changing her cognitive processes thus changing her maladaptive behaviors. Along with changing

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) is a “school-based longitudinal study of a nationally-representative sample of adolescents in grades 7-12 in the United States in 1994-95. Data have been collected from adolescents, their fellow students, school administrators, parents, siblings, friends, and romantic partners through multiple data collection components, including four respondent in-home interviews” (Add Health, 2017).

Adolescents today face a myriad of stressors in their lives that can impact who they are and who they will become. Bio-psychosocial stressors appear to be more prevalent in minority adolescents who reside in lower socioeconomic households. Impoverished neighborhoods experience a great deal of financial difficulties, crime, and single parent homes. Adolescents growing up in these households often have lower grades in school and a lack of self confidence verses their counterparts. Below these stressors will be discussed in greater detail.

But with every medication comes side effects, and the effects include sexual problems, weight gain, and insomnia (Harvard Mental Health Letter, 2011). One such study found that adolescents who received a combination treatment, that is with cognitive behavioral therapy and drugs, was the most successful. Randomized patients were to receive sertraline, CBT, sertraline and CBT, or placebo for 12 weeks (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, 2009). It was concluded that 81% of the patients that underwent the combination therapy were able to greatly reduce their symptoms (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, 2009). It has been shown that CBT in schools can greatly reduce childhood anxiety attacks. Sixty-one children, aged 7 to 11 years, were randomized to receive group CBT for children, group CBT for children plus parent training, or no treatment for 9 weeks. After a 12-month follow-up period, those who received CBT had significantly less anxiety severity than those in the control group. The authors noted that treatment effects of CBT can be maintained for a 12-month period in children who have anxiety (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, 2009).

There were 90 middle-class participants, mostly Caucasian, in three different age groups that participated in this study. The early elementary school group consisted of 16 boys and 14 girls age’s six to seven. The late elementary school group consisted of 16 boys and 14 girls age’s nine to 10. The adult group consisted of six men and 24 women ranging from 17 to 29 years old, all of which were currently attending a public Midwestern university. Three early elementary school children, six late elementary school children, and six adults were disregarded from this study because they did not complete the second interview. The children who participated were recruited from university staff and from local preschools and elementary schools with parental consent. The adults that were recruited were drawn from two undergraduate psychology classes and were given either class or research

A student working at the University of Minnesota undertook a study and survey to determine the effect of stress and tension in adolescents.

This limits the data that are collected at the end because Latino adolescents are not included. To obtain an understanding of mental health problems in Latinos, there needs to be a more culturally-sensitive research. The authors article is affective and comprehensible; however, if they were to make their research a multicultural research, it would allow for the audience to see the research as a whole, instead of it being specifically of just one growing minority group. By obtaining this knowledge, it would help health care providers, researchers, and policymakers in trying to treat and stop mental issues (Kapke). Research also shows that it is important to acknowledge the conceptual idea of Latino youth because they could have a lower self-esteem, increased chances of abuse, and internal problems. Therefore, if the child has affectionate parents and a desirable relationship with them, this can help boost their self-esteem. Conceptual ideas correlate with cultural adaptation since the effects are about the same and could change the person’s beliefs, values, and behaviors. These changes are significant to the person in the early stages, and once these fundamental ideas are changed, it could change the way a person visualizes life. Self-esteem has shown to relate to cultural adaptation and mental health because the increased levels of self-esteem help cease the formation of internal conflicts. The evidence provide by the authors allows the audience to obtain appropriate citations and with relative and up-to-date articles. The way that the authors structured and organized the article allowed for the audience to follow and easily understand what the authors are trying to portray. This article is geared to a general audience with moderately comprehendible language. In general, this article uses well developed ideas that are portrayed in an understandable

Tan further explained a self –developed eight key features of a biblical and Christian approach to CBT.

The original cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is generally accepted as an efficacious problem-focused and action-oriented treatment for children. Also, Cognitive-behavioral intervention for trauma in schools (CBITS) program is a school-based, group and individual intervention, which is designed for multicultural population. Given a lot of elements which are included in CBITS school-based interventions in above, cultural understanding is necessary as key components in the school-based intervention program. Although, CBITS is a great intervention that has similar interests and goals to what I expect to change, but it more focuses on trauma-related symptoms among children, so it does not exactly meet my interest. That is why I propose a newly developed intervention. Therefore, I adapt a culturally understanding component and school-based setting from the CBITS program to my intervention that I expect to bring greatest effect as a result. Since East Asian American immigrant children may be not good at language, especially English as a host culture, English education would be considered as well. For providing cultural understanding as a key of intervention, social workers should be well trained culturally to improve East Asian American immigrant children’s depression symptoms. As a result, I propose a ‘culturally modified cognitive behavior therapy (CM-CBT)’ treatment program as a school-based

In the first article by Masheb (2011) the research was performed to determine the difference in the combination of CBT plus a low-Energy-Density diet (CBT+ED) and CBT plus General Nutrition counseling (CBT+GN) for the treatment of BED and help with weight loss. The 50 female participants were put in a computer program to randomly assign them into one of the two groups. The Clinicians doing the therapy were experienced in CBT in patients with eating disorders. The CBT+ED treatment was performs by weekly one-hours sessions on 40 minute CBT and 20 minute ED for the first 16 weeks and every other week one-hour sessions the following weeks until week 26. The CBT+GN treatment was performs by weekly one-hours sessions on 40 minute CBT and 20 minute GN for the first 16 weeks and every other week one-hour sessions the following weeks until week 26. At the end of the 26 week, the patients were sent home and a 12-month follow-up session was conducted. The primary outcomes measured were the amount of subjects who experiences a 5% weight loss, binge remission, energy density, and serving of fruits and vegetables (1).

To begin our research, we will randomly select 200 students, ages 12-16, within the Yakima School District. Our external validity should be low because we can only generalize our findings to the Yakima School

Jane is a 22 year old single white British female who lives with her parents in a house outside the city. She is heterosexual and has had a boyfriend for seven years. She feels unable to discuss her issues with her boyfriend. Her parents both have mental health issues and Jane does not feel able to talk to her mother about her problems. She has an older brother she has a good relationship who lives with his girlfriend, a four hour drive away.

Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – It is recommended Mrs. Smith attend individual counseling with an emphasis on CBT to assist in decreasing her symptoms such as loss of appetite and sleep, anxiety, tearfulness, and ruminations. The clinician should focus on increasing Mrs. Smith’s coping skills when she feels overwhelmed at work. Additionally, the clinician should focus on helping Mrs. Smith learn how to regulate her emotions effectively when she is under stress so she can maintain her concentration and function successfully. Finally, the clinician should focus on teaching relaxation techniques to help reduce the tension in her body to help alleviate her stomachaches, headaches, and chest pain.