The Cognitive Model
The Cognitive Model is quite similar to the Behavioural Model but with the main difference that, instead of teaching the patient to behave differently it teaches the patient to think differently. It is hoped that if the patient's feelings and emotions towards something are influenced to change, it will induce external behavioural change. Though similar in ways to the Behavioural Model, psychiatrists of this model use differing methods for cures. The main one is Rational Emotional Therapy (RET) and is based on the principle that an "activating" emotional event will cause a change in thoughts toward that situation, even if it is an illogical thought/s. So with this therapy, it is the psychiatrist's job to question and change the irrational thoughts. It is similar to the Behavioural Model where its success is concerned, as it has also proved to be quite successful in the treatment of compulsive disorders and phobias, although it doesn't deal with the cause of the problem directly, it does attempt to change the situation more broadly than the Behavioral Model.
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