Depression Flashcards
What is depression and it’s two types
Mood disorder characterised by feelings of despondency and hopelessness
Unipolar and bipolar
Symptoms of unipolar behavioural
Loss of energy
Social impairment
Weight changes
Sleep pattern disturbance
Symptoms of unipolar emotional
Loss of enthusiasm
Constant depressed mood
Worthlessness
Symptoms of unipolar cognitive
Delusions
Reduced concentration
Thoughts of death
Poor memory
Symptoms of bipolar behavioural
High energy levels
Reckless behaviour
Talkative
Symptoms of bipolar emotional
Elevated mood state
Irritability
Lack of guilt
Symptoms of bipolar cognitive
Delusions
Irrational thought process
Cognitive approach to depression
Explains depression in terms of faulty and irrational thought processes
What is becks negative triad?
Believes people become depressed because world is seen negatively through negative schemas
What are schemas of becks triad
Failure self blame and negative self evaluation
What are the 3 cognitive biases of the triad
- Arbitrary interference
- Selective abstraction
- Overgeneralisation
- Magnification and minimisation
What is arbitrary interference
Conclusions drawn in abscence of sufficient evidence
What is the negative triad
The self (see them as hopeless) The world (obstacles can't be dealt with) The future (personal worthlessness blocks improvement)
What is Ellis ABC model
depression occurring through an ACTIVATING AGENT
BELIEF
CONSEQUENCE
Whats the activating event
Something happening in environment
