Depression Pt. 2: Lesson 27

Question 1

What did Albert Ellis believe about mental health?

Answer 1

• Good mental health is result of rational thinking
• Common irrational beliefs underline depression

Question 2

What model did Ellis create?

Answer 2

• ABC model
• Accurate event causes…Belief of individual, resulting in…Consequence

Question 3

What are positive points on Ellis’s ABC model?

Answer 3

• practical application in CBT

Question 4

What are negative points of Ellis’s ABC model?

Answer 4

• only partial explanation
• doesn’t explain why some people’s experience anger & hallucinations

Question 5

What are alternative explanations of depression?

Answer 5

Biological approach believe in genes & neurotransmitters being the cause
- Success of drug therapies suggests this is true