Cognitive approach to explaining depression Flashcards

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Cognitive approach

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Focused on our mental processes

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Negative triad

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Beck proposed 3 kinds of negative thinking that contributed to becoming depressed: Negative view of world, future and self. Leads to interpret experiences in negative way and make more vulnerable to depression.

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Self-schema

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Package of information we have about ourselves

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3 aspects to Beck’s cognitive theory of depression

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Faulty info processing
Negative self-schema
Negative triad

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ABC model

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Depression occurs when an activating event triggers an irrational belief which in turn produces a consequence i.e emotional response like depression.

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3 parts to ABC model

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Activating event
Beliefs
Consequences

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Evaluation for Beck’s

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Good supporting evidence
Practical application in CBT
Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression

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Evaluation for Ellis’s ABC model

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Partial explanation
Practical application in CBT
Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression

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