What this course will do for you:
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•  You will know what depression is: its symptoms, causes and how it affects people.

•  You will be familiar with the major CBT techniques for depression and how to apply them
   with your own patients.

•  You will know how CBT meshes with other helpful interventions for depression, and how
   to utilise that to the person's benefit


The course covers:
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•  What is depression? Symptoms, causes and incidence. How to analyse symptoms and
   interventions by the 5 CBT factors.

•  NICE guidelines on the treatment of depression, especially as they relate to psychological
   therapies.

•  The measurement of depression. The best evidence of success comes directly from the
   patient. Questionnaire measures.

•  Diary Keeping. A crucial CBT method, so we look at why this is, and examples of the best
   forms of diary keeping.

•  Doing something different. If you are depressed, there's no point in carrying on doing the
   same things as you are right now, but changing established patterns of behaviour is not as
   easy as it might seem.

•  Enjoyable activities. One reason people don't do enjoyable things is that they don't know
   what they might enjoy.

•  People who become trapped in lives that are unrewarding for them. How to help them to
   escape and restructure.

•  Cognitive restructuring. The strongest purely cognitive intervention, we look at what it is and
   how to do it, including APT forms to help.

•  Thoughts Diaries. We can do the same for people's thoughts and perceptions as we do for
   their behaviour. This is how.

•  Problem solving: where depression is the result of realistic problems then the best strategy is
   to resolve the problem rather change one's view. This is how.

•  Social factors. Social factors are often important in depression, so we must know what
   problems often arise in this area and be able to address them effectively.

•  Biological factors such as exercise, sleep, diet. NICE Guidelines and how to apply the
   recommended strategies.

•  Drug therapies for depression. "The combination of antidepressants and individual CBT is
   more cost-effective than either treatment on its own."

•  Risk Assessment - Suicide: 90% of successfully suicidal individuals seek professional help in
   the preceding year.

•  Working with suicidal people. Being suicidal is different from being very depressed; how
   should we respond differently?


Cost:
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£130 plus VAT

Location: United Kingdom | Change

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Fees
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Location: United Kingdom | Change
 
Cost: £130 plus VAT

APT Members, and organisations purchasing 12 or more places, receive a 25% discount. Contact us for more information.