Depression - New spec
- Created by: BenandJerrys
- Created on: 11-02-16 19:03
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- Depression
- Types
- Clinical
- 3+ symptoms
- 2 months
- Major
- 1+ symptoms
- Constant depression
- Clinical
- Unipolar
- Behavioural
- Fatigued
- Reduced interaction
- Weight changes
- Poor hygiene
- Disturbed sleeping patterns
- Emotional
- Loss enthusiasm
- Sad/hopless
- Feel worthless
- Cognitive
- Delusiions
- Hallucinations
- Can't concentrate
- Poor memory
- Thoughts of death
- Behavioural
- Bipolar
- Behavioural
- High energy levels
- Reckless
- Talkative
- Emotional
- High moods
- Irritable/fustrated
- Lack of guiltt
- Low self esteem
- Cognitive
- Irrational thoughts
- Polarised thinking
- Dwelling on negative thoughts
- Behavioural
- Cognitive explanation
- Faulty thinking
- Catastrophisisng
- Polarised thinking
- Over-generalising
- Faulty schemas
- Beck's negative triad
- Negative views about the world
- Negative views about the future
- Negative views about self
- Ellis' ABC model
- A: Activating event
- B: Beliefs
- C: Consequence
- Evaluation
- Evidence for cognitive vulnerability = depression
- Subjective
- Success with CBT
- Includes other aspects
- Can't explain/ treat mania
- Faulty thinking
- Alternative explanations
- Biological
- Genetic
- Inherited
- Wender (1986) - adopted children
- Biochemical
- Low levels of serotonin
- Genetic
- Behavioural
- Learned helplessness
- Negative life events
- Coleman (1986) - low rates positive reinforcement
- Biological
- Cognitive treatments - REBT
- Makes thoughts more rational & positive
- Optimistic thinking
- P assesses the truth of their negativity
- P becomes more realistic
- Lincoln (1997) - 19 patients
- David (2008) - 14 weeks v. drugs
- Evaluation
- Few side effects
- Cost effective
- Long term
- Patient too dependant on therapist
- Unsuitable if difficulty concentrating
- Unsuitable if lacking verbal skills
- Other treatments
- Drugs
- Increase serotonin production
- Side effects
- Time to act
- Need to convince patients to keep taking them
- Cheap
- Easy to prescribe
- Don't need a therapist
- ECT
- Electrically stimulates brain
- Short-lived positivity
- Allows time to apply other treatments
- Side effects - memory loss
- Used as last resort
- Drugs
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