CBT Assessment & Case Formulation 3

Question 1

Which assessment tool is most commonly used in CBT to measure the severity of generalized anxiety?

Accepted Answer

GAD-7

Answer

The GAD-7 is a validated 7-item self-report questionnaire used to measure the severity of generalized anxiety disorder symptoms.

Question 2

A CBT case formulation uses a 'longitudinal cross-section.' What does the cross-sectional component specifically capture?

Accepted Answer

Current triggers and maintaining cycles

Answer

The cross-sectional component of the formulation captures the current situation: triggers, thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological responses in the present.

Question 3

In a CBT assessment, a client endorses: checking the stove 20 times before leaving home. The MOST appropriate disorder-specific measure to administer next would be:

Accepted Answer

Y-BOCS

Answer

The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) is the gold-standard clinician-administered tool for measuring OCD symptom severity, including obsessions and compulsions.

Question 4

Which of the following BEST describes the role of a 'thought record' in CBT assessment?

Accepted Answer

It identifies the functional relationship between situations, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors

Answer

Thought records are structured tools used to identify and examine the links between triggering situations, automatic thoughts, emotions, and behavioral responses.

Question 5

A therapist conducting a suicide risk assessment within a CBT framework would MOST focus on which cognition as a key risk factor?

Accepted Answer

Hopelessness

Answer

Hopelessness (the belief that the future will remain negative and unchangeable) is the cognitive variable most strongly associated with suicidal ideation and intent in CBT research.

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CBT Assessment & Case Formulation 3