CBT
This treatment combines techniques for changing unhelpful patterns of thinking with techniques for changing behavior.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
This version of CBT delivers structured treatment through digital technology rather than requiring regular office visits.
What is computerized CBT (CCBT)?
These researchers combined evidence from 22 randomized controlled trials of computerized CBT.
Who are Andrews et al. (2010)?
This term describes how common a disorder is within a population during a specified period.
What is prevalence?
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?
Jon Kabat-Zinn described this as intentionally paying attention to the present moment without judgment.
What is mindfulness?
These thoughts occur rapidly, often without deliberate effort, and can affect a person's emotions before being carefully examined.
What are automatic thoughts?
This inexpensive intervention uses prescribed self-help reading and generally involves relatively little therapist contact.
What is bibliotherapy?
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)?
This can cause official statistics to underestimate distress when people hesitate to disclose symptoms because of stigma, values, or beliefs.
What is reporting bias?
This older term refers to a recognizable pattern of distress historically associated with a particular cultural setting.
What is a culture-bound syndrome?
Mindfulness is specifically included under this part of Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path.
What is Right Mindfulness?
This CBT tool records situations, emotions, and thoughts so that repeated patterns can be identified
What is a thought diary?
This term describes how consistently clients continue participating in and ultimately complete a treatment.
What is adherence?
These researchers randomly assigned 83 Chinese university students to XiaoNan or bibliotherapy.
Who are Liu et al. (2022)?
In Kleinman's distinction, this refers to the underlying biological malfunction or pathology.
What is disease?
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?
This ancient Pali term means awareness, attention, and remembering to remain present.
What is sati?
This process involves examining evidence for and against a thought and replacing an unsupported interpretation with a more realistic one.
What is cognitive restructuring?
This conversational program was used with Chinese university students in Liu et al.'s research.
What is XiaoNan?
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)?
In the same distinction, this refers to the person's experience and interpretation of a condition.
What is illness?
This Shona expression from Zimbabwe is commonly translated as "thinking too much."
What is kufungisisa?
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)?
These planned activities allow clients to practice new behaviors or gather real-world evidence about whether their predictions are accurate.
What are behavioral exercises?
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?
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)?
These influences include how a person expresses symptoms, interprets distress, and decides whether professional help is necessary.
What are patient variables?
This is the newer DSM-5 framework that includes culturally shaped patterns, expressions, and explanations of psychological suffering.
What are cultural concepts of distress?
This researcher studied Tibetan monks practicing tummo meditation and reported substantial changes in peripheral body temperature.
Who is Herbert Benson?