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What is the main goal of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
What is the main goal of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
- To encourage maladaptive behaviors and thought distortions
- To increase symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders
- To worsen emotional regulation and decrease coping strategies
- To challenge and change cognitive distortions and associated behaviors (correct)
What mental health conditions can be treated with CBT?
What mental health conditions can be treated with CBT?
- Only eating disorders
- Only depression and anxiety disorders
- Only substance use disorders
- Various mental health conditions, including substance use disorders and eating disorders (correct)
What is the therapist's role in CBT?
What is the therapist's role in CBT?
- To encourage thought distortions and maladaptive behaviors
- To assist the client in finding effective strategies to address identified goals (correct)
- To find ineffective strategies to address identified goals
- To ignore the client's identified goals
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- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psycho-social intervention for mental health conditions.
- It aims to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders.
- CBT challenges and changes cognitive distortions and associated behaviors.
- It improves emotional regulation and develops coping strategies.
- CBT is used to treat various mental health conditions, including substance use disorders and eating disorders.
- It is based on the combination of behavioral and cognitive psychology principles.
- CBT is a problem-focused and action-oriented form of therapy.
- The therapist's role is to assist the client in finding effective strategies to address identified goals.
- CBT is based on the belief that thought distortions and maladaptive behaviors play a role in psychological disorders.
- Symptoms and associated distress can be reduced by teaching new information-processing skills and coping mechanisms.
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