Low mood - attachment, perception, illness

Question 1

What is Lorenz conclusions?

Answer 1

• attachment is innate
• evolutionarily vital
• critical window

Question 2

What is the function of attachment?

Answer 2

• internal working model of self and other for future relationships
• attachment figure = secure base

Question 3

What are the different attachment styles?

Answer 3

• secure
• insecure (anxious)
• insecure (ambivalent)
• disorganised/ resistant

Question 4

What is attachment style associated with?

Answer 4

-coping in response to stress

Question 5

What is insecure attachment associated with?

Answer 5

later mental illness/ emotion regulation

Question 6

What is abuse associated with?

Answer 6

• later depression
• anxiety
• PTSD
• self harm

Question 7

Borderline or emotionally unstable personality disorder?

Answer 7

• feel worried about people abandoning you
• very intense emotions that last a few hours to a few days, change quickly
• dont have a strong sense of who you are
• hard to make and keep relationships
• feel empty
• act impulsively
• self harm and suicidal feelings
• anger
• paranoia