RE: Psychology Addict # 25 | Depression through the lens of CBT & the case study of Mr. B.

[turpsy]

That a treatment combining behavioural activation and psychopharmacotherapy is efficient in alleviating symptoms and improving the psychological health of the client.

Highlighting psychopharmacotherapy, I will like to ask, how much of people specialises in this field? Do we have them as much as we have Doctors?
This is because if MrB gets back after 20 months to a fully functional state, what happens if Mr BB doesnt have such specialist in his /her locality? Are there online access to such specialists?

Do you agree with the behaviourist notion that proposes that it is not the situation per se that causes emotional responses; but rather the meaning attached to it?

Yes, I agree to the fact that the meaning attached to situation has alot more effect.

Excelente.

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[abigail-dantes]

Hi @turpsy :)

Psychopharmacotherapy is what the combined work of a psychologist and a psychiatrist is. The psychiatrist being the professional who prescribes the medication according to the psychologist's reports about the patient. For example, in Mr. B's case, as his compulsions gradually declined, the psychologist would report this to the psychiatrist so then he would decrease the concentration of the medication, change to another one or stop it altogether.

what happens if Mr BB doesnt have such specialist in his /her locality?

Very good question Turpsy. This is what CBT also tries to do, to teach the client techniques that will help him become self-sufficient. In this case study Mr. B began the treatment seeing the therapist nearly every day. Towards the end he saw him one a week. As he learn to cope with his own (now considerably less) struggles on his own.

All the best to you Turpsy. It makes truly happy seeing your comments on my posts.
Thank you for your support! :)

[turpsy]

The psychiatrist being the professional who prescribes the medication according to the psychologist's reports about the patient.

Deductions: A psychologist is as much of an important branch of a medical organisation like a psychiatrist.
A psychiatrist would basically not be complete without learning a little of psychology.
Thank you for this well-loaded information. I would not have been exposed to such vast of knowledge if I had not related with your post.

This is what CBT also tries to do, to teach the client techniques that will help him become self-sufficient.

At the end of the treatment, CBT will guarantee a return to normalcy.