Plan de intervención para el trastorno depresivo desde el enfoque cognitivo conductual.

Abstract

Depression is a disorder that greatly affects the mental sphere of a human being, for this reason it is advisable that it receives a type of early intervention. This disorder afflicts people in very different ways, can produce a variety of physical and psychological symptoms. If the disorder is not treated in time there is a likelihood that it will become more intense, putting at risk the life of a person. For this reason and through a careful search of journals of scientific articles, are detailed in the present work of a bibliographic nature, relevant aspects of depressive disorder such as symptoms, diagnostic criteria, risk factors, differential diagnosis, and psychometric instruments, such as the scale of Hamilton and the Depression Inventory of Beck-II. A brief definition of the cognitive theory of Beck's depression is presented, as well as an intervention plan for depressive disorder accompanied by techniques with a cognitive behavioral approach such as: assertiveness, inadequate thoughts registers, activity programming, domain and pleasure, search for alternative solutions, role-playing, cognitive restructuring and psychoeducation. In the process of clinical intervention, it consists of an application of twelve sessions, during three months with a therapeutic intervention of one session per week. It is fundamental that during this process the professional carries a systematized order of each session and maintains a clear objective in each meeting, in order to obtain and establish a change and decrease of the cognitive distortions in the patient.