What is cognitive-behavioral therapy?
A. Uses family therapy principles to improve a person’s health-risk behaviors
B. Offers strategies to help patients better understand the factors and situations that precede alcohol and other drug use as well as the consequences of that use
C. Designed to enhance a person’s motivation to make changes regarding alcohol and other drug use and to recognize and cope with those life situations that may trigger or sustain alcohol and other drug use
D. Attempts to identify the behaviors and situations in which alcohol and other drug use occurs and then to disrupt those behaviors by equipping patients with skills to resist alcohol and other drug use
A?
No.
http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Treatment/Psychotherapy
http://www.nacbt.org/whatiscbt.htm
No, not A. Which answer focuses on changing behaviour?
No, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is not described by option A. Option A refers to family therapy principles being used to improve a person's health-risk behaviors.
The correct definition of cognitive-behavioral therapy is option D, which states that CBT attempts to identify the behaviors and situations in which alcohol and other drug use occurs and then equips patients with skills to resist it. In CBT, individuals work with a therapist to understand how their thoughts and beliefs affect their behavior, and they learn new coping mechanisms and problem-solving skills to change unhealthy patterns of thinking and behaving. CBT is a widely-used psychotherapy approach for treating a variety of mental health conditions, including addiction.