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Term Paper
- Due on 19 Feb 2024 by 1700
- Deducted 1 sub-grade for late submission for 1 day
- Submission after 7 days will be given a zero mark
- Mitigation
Mock Short Answer Question
• Suicidal risk
Transdiagnostic Approach
- Emotional dysregulation for mental disorders
Generic approach – PPP model
Predisposing factors doesn’t cause it, but increase the chance
- vulnerability: genes, heredity, congenital/acquired impairment
- Family history, attachment, abuse
- Intellectual disability, pervasive problem
Precipitating factors
- Relationship breakdown, finance stress, work stress, new change in life
Perpetuating factors
- Coping behaviours: substance-use, avoidance behaviours,
perception/appraisal of the problem, treatment compliance, family support
Formulation Exercise https://padlet.com/4r
yvzgj5zt/SS4707
low energy level. She often thinks if she could just die
peacefully during sleep
Form a group of 3-5, use the 3Ps model to formulate the
psychological causes of Jo’s presenting concern
Generic approach – ABC model
Antecedent
- Precipitating factors
Behaviour/belief
- Responses / thoughts following the antecedent
Consequence
- What happened after the behaviours was performed / the belief was
activated (emotion, further behaviours, thought about thought)
Disorder-specific model
- Built upon research evidence
- More structured approach: targeted factors
- Indicative for treatment planning (some approaches)
Example
- Cognitive appraisal model for
obsessive-compulsive disorders
• Problem is not the initial intrusive thoughts
• *** But appraisal and response to them
Transdiagnostic approach to mental disorders
- Focus on common pathological processes encompassing a range of menta
disorders
↓ number of protocols for treatment/training
↑ dissemination of evidence-based treatment
- Examples
- Barlow’s Unified protocol for emotional disorders
- Harvey’s transdiagnostic approach to sleep problem (Trans-C)
- Fairburn’s transdiagnostic protocol to eating disorders
Barlow’s Unified
protocol for
emotional disorder
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