Other theories of causation: environmental Flashcards

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psychodynamic factors involve what?

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distorted negative beliefs and thoughts about the self, the environment and the future that can induce an perpetuate depressive symptoms

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behavioural factors involve what?

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severe reduction in rewarding activities or an increase in unpleasant events in one’s life
- results in depression, restriction in activity, decreasing likelihood of experiencing pleasurable activities and intensifying a mood disturbance

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developmental factors involve what?

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a loss of parent or lack of emotional adequate parenting that may delay/prohibit the realization of appropriate developmental milestones

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family distress involves what?

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a disruption in family dynamics involving maladaptive circular patterns in family interactions that contribute to the onset of depression in family members

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social factors are:

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adverse or traumatic life events especially that involve the loss of an important human relationship or role in life that is followed by depression

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what do these theories focus on?

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the individual environmental exposure to stressors that are shown to trigger the HPA axis

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a way a person interprets their environment and thinks about themselves can induce what?

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perpetuate depressive symptoms

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