Beck et. al
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- Beck et al.
- aim
- to understand cognitive distortions in patients with depression
- method
- clinical interviews with patients who were undergoing therapy for depression. Records were kept of the non-depressed patient's verbalization to compare with those of the depressed patients.
- participants
- 50 patients diagnosed with depression (16m, 34w, 18-48yrs). Most were judged to be middle or upper class and of at least average intelligence. They were compared with a group of 31 non-depressed patients undergoing psychotherapy, matched for age, sex and social position.
- findings
- Cerain themes appeared in the depressed patients that did not appear in the non-depressed patients. These were self-blame, anxiety caused by thoughts of personal danger, and paranoia and accusations against other people.
- Self-blame was shown even when this was illogical, for example a mother blamed herself for not picking a nicer day when it rained on a family picnic. These distortions tended to be automatic, involuntary, plausible and persistent.
- Cerain themes appeared in the depressed patients that did not appear in the non-depressed patients. These were self-blame, anxiety caused by thoughts of personal danger, and paranoia and accusations against other people.
- conclusions
- Even in mild depression, patients have cognitive distortions that deviate from realistic ad logical thinking.
- aim
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