Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Changing Thinking and Behavior

This literature review explores the benefits and limitations of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in changing thinking and behavior. It discusses how CBT can reduce crime and violence and provides insights into the different research methodologies used in studying CBT. The review also highlights the need for further research in this area.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Cognitive psychology is the one of the scientific study which is about mind. In this, there
is information processor which goes to inside people's mind in which there is thinking,
consciousness, language, memory, attention along with perception are there. Psychosis is a
condition visible to effect the way through which your brain is able to process the information.
This is the one which causes you to lose the touch with reality and in this you can see here or
believe the things which are not real in nature.
In relation to this, cognitive behavioral therapy is the one which is able to treatment about
the thoughts, believes or attitude which are affecting your feelings and behavior. Along with this,
it can help you to teach you coping from a skill in relation to deal with various problems. In this
topic, we are going to discuss about the cognitive behavioral therapy which is able to help to
change the way of thinking and the behavior of any person (Mahmodi, (2019)).
MAIN BODY
According to Christopher Blattman, there can be say that after the cognitive behavior
therapy, there is reduction in the crime and violence. This is the one which provide the clear
evidence how benefit of the CBT. In relation to this, there are different types of benefits which
have their physical evidence that can provide better behavior of human after that therapy that is
CBT. This is the one in which there is different and many crime and violence which are there
performed by the person get reduces in drastic level. This therapy is able to provide them the
different level of thinking and help them to learn better things which provide patients at identity
that can help them to provide the difference between right and wrong. This is the one easy way
to engage them in learning something new and developing the skills and help them to reduce the
crime and violence against any person buy them. This is the one in which there is self-regulation,
non-criminal identity, better lifestyle and patience. In this they learn and get benefited by letting
therapy. It also helps them to think something new and better. This makes them busy and leads to
lower the crime rate and violence (Reducing crime and violence: Experimental evidence from
cognitive behavioural therapy, (2015)).
Primary research is the one which is able to provide the ground information of the
research which can be interpreted letter on. This provide the better information regarding the
research. In secondary research, there is collection of information which is through the primary

research which is done in past and can provide different learning which is not regularly updated.
In recent time and maybe they can provide the wrong data which can't be appropriate manner.
There is huge variation in both of the research method in which secondary data can be collected
easily by visit in different websites, books, and journals. Wwhereas, in primary data, this can be
only collected when this research is done on ground work which needs high cost, energy and
huge time and after that the time for interpretation (Thase, (2018)).
There are many differences and similarities between the sources in which primary
sources are the one which gives the better and direct information about the cases and
information. You may be able to find out the better intervention and the therapy with regard in
the cognitive behavior. This is able to provide different information regarding this. There are
some of the similarity which can provide by the secondary research in which it can see that there
are many chances of decrease in the violence and crime which is by using this therapy and can
provide better life. In relation to this, there are different similarity by using the therapy that is
cognitive behavioral therapy which help to keep calm the person. This is also able to provide the
way of thinking which can be productive and better for a good lifestyle for them. This can
provide better learning of different skill which can be used in their life (Seal & Rife, (2017)).
According to Koenig, there are some of the limitation of the CPT which is cognitive
behavior therapy limitation that are going to be discussed further.
• This is the therapy which need to commit yourself for this process This can help and advise
you but not able to clear out your problem without your cooperation.
• This is the one which need to be attended regular session that need to carry out some of the
extra work which is there in between the session and able to take a lot of time.
• CBT structure nature is a little bit complicated which is not suitable for each and every
people who have Complex mental health problem or needs and having the difficulty in
learning.
• There are some critics argue that the cognitive behavior therapy can only address the current
problem along with this, all so focused on the some of the specific issue which is not able to
address the found the possible cause of the condition in the mental health such as unhappy
childhood (Koenig (2017)).
According to Twomey, there is no sufficient research in this area because due to some
limitation and not having the broad spectrum about this topic. In relation to this, it is hard to find

out the better integration and the research. In this area, which needs more time and news about
that can help during the research. There is also some limitation on the studies during the
conduction of the research which reflect as not having proper information on the search and
using the different methodology for interpretation of data (Twomey, (2017)).
According to Forsell, there may be some that which need to be fulfilled during the
research and need to have the proper literature related with for the study about the cognitive
behavior. As per the analysis it can be said that there is different type of thinking, thoughts,
believe that can able to change the person about thinking and behavior. This can make it to
cognitive behavior therapy to make them in better way. There is a controversy about the
cognitive behavior that it is a psycho social intervention which is they are able to improve the
mental health people. There is need to research about the behavior which comes as the cognitive
behavior and why there is a need for the therapy that can provide better and suitable rationale
that can lead to better understanding about the research in the field of cognitive behavior. There
is need to research on the controversy which is related with psycho-social mental health problem
which can fulfilled and provide then the better Lifestyle and the way of thinking (Forsell,
(2020)).
CONCLUSION
From above, it can be concluded that there is different methodology which can be used
for the discuss search. There is need to be therapy of psychological behavior that can help the
person to change the way of thinking and to recognize each and everything in a positive manner.
In this research, there is discussion about the different behavior of people, intervention and the
psychological theme that can help to understand the people. There is also discussion about the
different point of view about the cognitive behavior therapy.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Mahmodi, (2019). The Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioural Group Therapy on Quality of
Life in Patients with Functional Indigestion. Journal of Excellence in counselling and
psychotherapy, 8(31), 25-35.
Thase, (2018). Improving the efficiency of psychotherapy for depression: computer-assisted
versus standard CBT. American Journal of Psychiatry, 175(3), 242-250.
Seal & Rife, (2017). Managing chronic pain in primary care: it really does take a village. Journal
of general internal medicine, 32(8), 931-934.
Koenig (2017). Rationale for spiritually oriented cognitive processing therapy for moral injury in
active duty military and veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. The Journal of
Nervous and Mental Disease, 205(2), 147-153.
Forsell, (2020). Predicting treatment failure in regular care Internet-Delivered Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy for depression and anxiety using only weekly symptom
measures. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 88(4), 311.
Twomey, (2017). Effectiveness of a freely available computerised cognitive behavioural therapy
programme (MoodGYM) for depression: Meta-analysis. Australian & New Zealand
Journal of Psychiatry, 51(3), 260-269.
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