Psychopathology: cognitive explanations for depression

Question 1

Which two people came up with explanations for depression?

Answer 1

-beck
-ellis

Question 2

what are depressive believed to have?

Answer 2

.faulty information processing

Question 3

What did beck come up with?

Answer 3

-he created a negative triad and a negative self schema

Question 4

What is a negative self schema?

Answer 4

-where an individual interprets information about themself in a negative way

Question 5

What is a schema?

Answer 5

-packet of information

Question 6

What is a negative triad?

Answer 6

-the negative views about the world, future or self

Question 7

What is a positive to beck’s explanation?

Answer 7

-forms the basis of CBT:
.therapists can challenge the negative triad and the patient can test it -evidence shows CBT is effective March et al saw 81% improvements
-good supporting evidence -grazioli and terry assessed 65 pregnant women for cognitive vulnerabilities -those with faulty thoughts more likely to develop post-natal depression (shows causation)

Question 8

What did ellis come up with?

Answer 8

-ABC model

Question 9

What is the ABC model?

Answer 9

-a= activating event
-b= beliefs (range of irrational beliefs)
-c= consequences (emotional and behavioural)

Question 10

What is a positive to ellis’s explanation?

Answer 10

.led to effective type of CBT -rational emotive behaviour therapy -Ellis clamped a 90% success rate
-explains reactive depression but depression doesn’t always follow after a traumatic event

Question 11

What is a negative to Ellis’s explanation?

Answer 11

-ignores biological explanations:
.SSRI’s increase serotonin which helps depression which implies there is a role for the neurotransmitter