Depression

Question 1

BDI

Answer 1

Self report

• 21 items
• attitudes and symptoms of depression
• based on past week or 2
• 10 is minimum, 19-29 is moderate, 30 or more is severe

Question 2

Beck (1979)

Answer 2

Cognitive theory

• the negative views of a person creates a negative reality
• underlying process of incorrect information processing
• people have 3 schemas
  1. Negative view of them selves
  2. Negative view of the future
  3. negative views of the world around them

Question 3

Seligman (1988)

Answer 3

Learned helplessness

• occurs from somebody having to endure an unpleasant situation, they then believe this unpleasantness is unavoidable
• attributional style
• 39 with unipolar, 12 with bipolar
• mixed genders, 36yrs
• first take BDI then the ASQ then the 7 point scale
• depressed group was going to have more negative attributional style then control group

Question 4

MAOI’s and SSRI’s

Answer 4

Biochemical treatment

• monoamine oxidase inhibitors
• inhibit monoamine oxidase, this prevent neuro trsnsmitters from being broken down

-selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Question 5

ECT

Answer 5

Electro-convulsive therapy

• Dierckx (2012)
• 1000 patients
• 50% remission rate

Question 6

Cognitive restructuring (Beck 1979)

Answer 6

Gain entry into a persons cognitive organisation

• talking therapy- one to one
• patient observes and records thoughts
• therapist shows link between thoughts and behaviour

Question 7

Rational emotive behavioural therapy (Ellis 1962)

Answer 7

Based on the principles of stoicism

• depression comes from:
  1. Internal constructions
  2. perceptions and attitudes to things that happen in their lives