cognitive approach to explaining depression

Question 1

The cognitive approach to explaining depression

Answer 1

• the cognitive approach is interested in how negative thinking patterns and other cognitive processes such as schema could cause depression

Question 2

Becks theory

Answer 2

Negative schema
- a tendency to adopt a negative view of the world which was acquired during childhood
- can be caused by a variety of factors including parental or peer rejection
- these negative schemas are activated when the person encounters a new situation that resembles the original conditions in which these schemas were learned

Question 3

The negative triad

Answer 3

• the self
• the world
• the future
  -> all in a negative view

Question 4

Ellis’ ABC model

Answer 4

Activating event
Belief - irrational
Consequence - unhealthy

Question 5

What triggers depression?

Answer 5

The irrational belief, not the event

Question 6

Mustabatory thinking

Answer 6

• thinking that certain ideas or assumptions must be true in order for an individual to be happy
• 3 most irrational beliefs
  1. I must be approved by people i find important
  2. I must do well or i am worthless
  3. The world must give me happiness or i will die

Question 7

Strength: Bates

Answer 7

• found that depressed participants who were given negative automatic-thought statements became more and more depressed, supporting the view that negative thinking leads to depressions

Question 8

Limitation

Answer 8

• blames the client
• says the client is the one responsible for their disorder
• in one sense this is a good thing as it gives the client the power to change the way things are
• this means that a therapist may overlook situational factors, not considering how life events for family issues may have contributed to the mental disorder

Question 9

Strength

Answer 9

• good practical app.
• cbt