CBT
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Culture & Distress
Mindful Minds
100

This treatment combines techniques for changing unhelpful patterns of thinking with techniques for changing behavior.

What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?

100

This version of CBT delivers structured treatment through digital technology rather than requiring regular office visits.

What is computerized CBT (CCBT)?

100

These researchers combined evidence from 22 randomized controlled trials of computerized CBT.

Who are Andrews et al. (2010)?

100

This term describes how common a disorder is within a population during a specified period.


What is prevalence?

100

 This historical Malay-associated concept involving episodes of severe, uncontrolled aggression gave English a familiar phrase meaning to behave wildly or uncontrollably.

What is amok?

100

Jon Kabat-Zinn described this as intentionally paying attention to the present moment without judgment.

What is mindfulness?

200

These thoughts occur rapidly, often without deliberate effort, and can affect a person's emotions before being carefully examined.

What are automatic thoughts?

200

This inexpensive intervention uses prescribed self-help reading and generally involves relatively little therapist contact.

What is bibliotherapy?

200

This research team compared people who naturally used a mental-health app frequently with those who used it less frequently.

Who are Inkster et al. (2018)?

200

This can cause official statistics to underestimate distress when people hesitate to disclose symptoms because of stigma, values, or beliefs.

What is reporting bias?

200

This older term refers to a recognizable pattern of distress historically associated with a particular cultural setting.

What is a culture-bound syndrome?

200

Mindfulness is specifically included under this part of Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path.  

What is Right Mindfulness?

300

This CBT tool records situations, emotions, and thoughts so that repeated patterns can be identified

What is a thought diary?

300

This term describes how consistently clients continue participating in and ultimately complete a treatment.

What is adherence?

300

These researchers randomly assigned 83 Chinese university students to XiaoNan or bibliotherapy.

Who are Liu et al. (2022)?

300

In Kleinman's distinction, this refers to the underlying biological malfunction or pathology.

What is disease?

300

A phrase such as "my nerves" can function as a shared way of communicating suffering without necessarily identifying one specific disorder.

What is an idiom of distress?

300

This ancient Pali term means awareness, attention, and remembering to remain present.

What is sati?

400

This process involves examining evidence for and against a thought and replacing an unsupported interpretation with a more realistic one.

What is cognitive restructuring?

400

This conversational program was used with Chinese university students in Liu et al.'s research.

What is XiaoNan?

400

This study found reduced stress and increased self-compassion following an eight-week mindfulness program compared with a waitlist.

What is Shapiro et al. (2005)?

400

In the same distinction, this refers to the person's experience and interpretation of a condition.

What is illness?

400

This Shona expression from Zimbabwe is commonly translated as "thinking too much."

What is kufungisisa?

400

This structured program uses practices such as meditation, breathwork, body scanning, and gentle yoga to develop mindfulness skills.

What is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)?

500

These planned activities allow clients to practice new behaviors or gather real-world evidence about whether their predictions are accurate.  

What are behavioral exercises?

500

This relationship involving trust, shared goals, and agreed-upon tasks may be more difficult for a fully automated treatment to reproduce.

What is the therapeutic alliance?

500

This study compared yoga with CBT for stress management and found improvement in both conditions without a statistically significant difference between them

What is Granath et al. (2007)?

500

These influences include how a person expresses symptoms, interprets distress, and decides whether professional help is necessary.

What are patient variables?

500

This is the newer DSM-5 framework that includes culturally shaped patterns, expressions, and explanations of psychological suffering.

What are cultural concepts of distress?

500

This researcher studied Tibetan monks practicing tummo meditation and reported substantial changes in peripheral body temperature.

Who is Herbert Benson?

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