Week 4 - GAD

What diagnostic tool is not suitable in GAD?

Instructed clinical interviews

What is the avoidance response in GAD

• Worrying

• Avoid the negative affect associated with the threat which creates positive and negative reinforcement

• Worry precludes emotional processing of the anxiety reaction

• Worrying streghens worrying and spreading anxious meanings to previously neutral stimuli

What is the main disctinction of worrying in GAD and other AD?

• ABout minor events

• Uncontrollable

Main difference between MDD and GAD?

• GAD:

  • Muscle tension

  • Thinking style - ruminate about future

  • Key characteristic anxiety not depressed mood

What is meant by metacognitive?

Refers to any kind of cognitive process that provided cognitive evaluation of control and it has a main ro.e in forming and developing ADs

What is the self-regulatory executive functional model?

Way to understand how cognition and behaviour interaction works in the maintenance of AD. Based on this, metacognitive beliefs and emotional disorders have a positive relationship

What does the metacognitive model of AD do?

Adjusts:

• Negative metacognitive beliefs

• Positive metacognitive beliefs

• The unhelpful thought-control strategies

• Clients learn new ways of relating to inner thoughts that act as triggers for worry

What is the metacognitive therapy? (MCT)

Modifies the meaning and consequences of intrusive thoughts and feelings and beliefs about the necessity of rituals

• Works for all types of AD

• Effective via modification of maladaptive metacognitive beliefs and facilitation of information processing

• Confronting beliefs about disorder