The cognitive approach in explaining depression

Question 1

ABC Model

Define

Answer 1

A cognative appraoch to understand mental dissorders focusing on the effect of irational beleifs.

Question 2

Negative Triad

Define

Answer 2

A Cognative appraoch in understanding depression focusing on how negative expectations about the self, world and future can lead to depression

Question 3

Schema

Define

Answer 3

A cognative framework that helps organise and interpret information in the brian, this will help and individual make sense of new information.

Question 4

Explaning Depression

Answer 4

Cogngnative approaches like irrational thinking.
They have faulty thoughts

Question 5

Becks Negative Triad (1967)

Define

Answer 5

Depression follows a thinking that is biased by negativity.
Negative schema is acquired in childhood and activated in conditions where they were learnt (expected to fail when tested)
Lead to cognative Biases in thinking.

Question 6

Becks Negative Triad

Continued

Answer 6

The Negative Triad has Three main personal belief system
Self- im boring
World- no one wants my company
Future- im always goign to be alone

SWF

Question 7

Ellis ABC model (1962)

Define

Answer 7

Ellis proposed that key to depression is Irational Beliefs.
A- Activating event (low grade)
B- Rational or irrational belief (i didnt work hard/ my tutor will be sad)
C- consequence Ratrional belief leads to healty emotions, irrational beliefs lead to unhealthy emotions

Question 8

Mustabatory Thinking

Define and Explain

Answer 8

This is a soucre of irrational beliefs that say certain things must be done for an individaul to be happy
His three must are
- must be Approved and Accepted
- must do well
- The world must give me happiness
These musts need to be challanged in order to have mental health to prevail.

Question 9

Evaluation

Strength- Supporting reaserch

Answer 9

Hammen and Krantz(1976)- When asked to interpret a written material depressed people made more errors in logic than non depressed people.
Bates(1999)- Depressed participants who were given negative automatic thought statments became increasignly depressed.

Question 10

Evaluation

Negative- Blames patient

Answer 10

The responsiblity of the depression and recovery is placed in the hands of the individual, and aspects of an indivuals life may effect this.
This means alternative thinking wouldnt work as they arent getting to the root of the issue.

Question 11

Evalutation

Strength- Practical application theory

Answer 11

Both have been applied to CBT which has been seen as the bets treatment to help with depression, along with drug treatment.