The cognitive approach to explaining depression
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- Created on: 06-05-18 10:58
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- Beck's cognitive theory of depression:
- Beck suggested that some people are more prong to depression because of faulty information processing i.e. thinking in a flawed way. When depressed people attend to the negative aspects of a situation and ignore positives, they also tend to blow small problems out of proportion and think in 'black and white' terms.
- Depressed people have negative self-schemas. A schema is a 'package' of information and ideas developed through experience. We use schemas to interpret the world, so if a person has a negative self-schema they interpret all information about themselves in a negative way.
- There are 3 elements to the negative triad:
- Negative views of the world, e.g. 'the world is a cold, hard place.
- Negative view of the future, e.g. 'there isn't much chance that the economy will get better'
- Negative view of the self, e.g. thinking 'i am a failure' and this negatively impacts upon self-esteem.
- Ellis' ABC model:
- A - activating event: Ellis suggested that depression arises from irrational thoughts, According to Ellis depression occurs when we experience negative events, e.g. failing an important test or ending a relationship.
- B - beliefs: Negative events trigger irrational beliefs, for example" Ellis called the belief that we must always succeed 'musterbation'. 'i cant stand this' is the belief that…
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