Behavioural Activation
Understanding Behavioural Activation
Test your knowledge on Behavioural Activation (BA) with this informative quiz! Designed for mental health professionals and students, it covers essential concepts, protocols, and techniques associated with BA in depression treatment.
Challenge yourself with multiple-choice questions including topics like:
- Core principles of BA
- The Step 2 BA protocol
- Goal setting and planning for patients
The Step 2 BA protocol was developed by...
Richards (2010)
Beck (1979)
Hopko et al. (2003)
McBoatface (2008)
The Step 2 BA protocol focuses on ____________ as the key maintaining factor in depression.
Behavioural avoidance
Deactivation
Automatic negative thoughts
Negative reinforcement
‘A child doesn’t have to clean the table after their meal if they eat their vegetables’ is an example of...
Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
Rumination is considered a type of _____________.
Behaviour
Worry
Cognition
Emotion
Rumination is maintained by __________:
Negative reinforcement
Positive reinforcement
Negative life events
Cognitive restructuring
Behavioural activation focuses on:
Reducing avoidance
Promoting active problem solving
Active engagement
All of the above
Which of the following is a core principle of BA?
The inside-out approach
Schedule activities that follow a plan not a mood
Start activities when you feel better
They are all core principles of BA
It’s important to plan a balance of pleasurable, necessary and _________ activities:
Routine
Important
Social
Self-care
If a patient presenting with low mood already has a packed schedule of activities then it's like that they do not need a BA intervention.
True
False
What should you do after identifying activities with the patient?
Ask the patient to rate the difficulty of the activities
Ask the patient to categorise the activities as routine, pleasurable or necessary
Ask the patient to set SMART goals based on the identified activities
Ask the patient to schedule pleasurable activities first
How can you help support a patient with goal setting and planning?
Ask the patient to try scheduling more difficult tasks in the morning
Ask the patient to schedule more pleasurable activities to increase their mood
Ask the patient if they could break up broader goals into smaller, more manageable ones
All of the above
Why should the patient include their mood after each activity in their planner?
To reinforce the patient’s learning of the link between behaviour and mood
To inform the PWP and help you plan the following week
The patient should not include mood as it could discourage them from continuing
To reinforce the patient’s learning of the link between mood and negative thoughts
If a patient reports that they are disheartened that they completed a pleasurable activity but it did not improve their mood immediately, what could you do next?
Ask them what they think it might have been like if they had not completed the activity
Schedule more pleasurable activities into the following week
Suggest that there may be more complex difficulties and they might benefit from stepping up to HI
Ask them to remove that activity straight away and explore what else they could try
Why should you not explicitly check the patient’s understanding of the rationale behind BA?
You should always explicitly check the patient’s understanding
The patient might feel that you are being condescending and disengage
The PWP has limited time and has already explained the rationale
It is possible to gauge their understanding implicitly from their responses
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