Cognitive approach to explaining depression
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- Created on: 06-05-19 21:57
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- Cognitive approach to explaining depression
- A mental health disorder characterised by a persistent low mood, low self esteem and low energy
- Behavioural responses; isolation; disturbed sleep; social withdrawal; physical and verbal aggression
- Emotional responses; easily irritated; low mood; low self-worth; self-loathing; anhedonia
- Cognitive responses; focusing on the negative; absolutionist thinking; poor concentration
- Ellis' ABC Model
- [A] Activating event [B] Belief (rational or irrational) [C] Conse-quences
- Rational beliefs produce appropriate consequence(vice versa)
- Practical applications; used to develop therapies and treatments
- Not all depression occurs after events
- Reductionist - ignores genetic influence and behaviourist/emotional symptoms
- Most supporting research is correlational
- Can't test for cause and effect due to extraneous variables
- [A] Activating event [B] Belief (rational or irrational) [C] Conse-quences
- Beck's Negative Triad
- The Self - thoughts from negative self-schema trigger low self esteem
- The Future - thoughts reduce hope, enhance depression
- Practical applications; CBT works, suggests cause of cognitive
- Too reductionist as doesn't explain complex aspects of depression
- Blames patient for depression
- The World - impression of no hope anywhere
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