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Thinking aboutmeaningv1 from Rob Thomson Contents Theory 1 Mental health essence 1 Meaning’s base medium 2 Language 2 Attention 2 Drivers of attention 3 Attentional effects 3 Thought 3 Thought types 4 Speech Characters 4 Practice 5 Meaning is core to mental health 5 Meaning is held in thoughts\perception 6 Thoughts can be dynamic\passive 6 Thoughts are communication 7 Communication can be between different characters 7 Attentional Focus 7 Theory Mental health essence Meaning is key to mental health.  This is not because it defines a mental health disorder in the way that the meaning of a swollen liver defines cirrhosis but rather because meaning creates it. Mental health disorders are considered to be disorders of cognition, emotion or behaviour, a sense of something not being functional in one of these three areas. However there is no essential aspect of any of them that defines a mental health disorder. Rather it is meaning plus state of cognition\emotion\b...

Contents Chapter 1 Cognitive Theory and models of anxiety: an introduction 5 Cognitive theory of anxiety disorders 5 Dysfunctional schema 5 Negative automatic thoughts, worries and obsessions 6 The role of behaviour 6 Chapter 2 Assessment: An Overview 6 Aims of assessment 6 Measurement 6 Depression 6 Anxiety 7 Panic disorder and agoraphobia 7 Health anxiety 7 Social Phobia 7 Generalised Anxiety 7 OCD 7 Cognitive Therapy assessment Interview 7 Detailed description of the presenting problem 7 Cross sectional cognitive behavioural analysis 7 Longitudinal analysis 8 Underlying assumptions and beliefs 8 Structure of the assessment interview 8 Multiple Presenting Problems 8 Chapter 3 Cognitive Therapy: Basic characteristics 8 Cognitive techniques 8 Behavioural techniques 8 The structure of therapy 8 Relapse prevention 9 Socratic dialogue 9 Chapter 4 Cogni...