The Cognitive Approach To Depression And Treatments

Question 1

What is Ellis’ ABC model?

Answer 1

Activating event-negative event such as failing a test lead to
Belief due to the bad event such as feeling worthless
Consequence this leads to the symptoms of depression

Question 2

What is becks cognitive triad

Answer 2

The self
The world
The future
Beck believes this occurs due to negative schemas
Negative self schemas cause negative self beliefs
Cognitive biases fixate on negative events

Question 3

Support for cognitive biases in the role of depression.

Answer 3

Koster et al-
Tested attentional ability of people with depression - sat in front of a computer which presented negative and positive words where they had to press where the stimulus came from and those with depression tended to take longer to react as they fixated on the negative words

Question 4

Evidence against the cognitive approach to depression

Answer 4

Alloy and Abramson -asked those with and without depression how much control they had over a flashing light and found those with depression estimated more accurately than those without depression

Question 5

What is one treatment to depression

Answer 5

CBT which works in 4 steps
1-identity the irrational negative beliefs
2-challenge these beliefs
3-test their hypothesis by setting the patient hw
4-evaluate the evidence together in the next session

Question 6

What is support to cbt

Answer 6

Cuijpers- reviewed all reports across the uk and compared those receiving cbt to those receiving no treatment and found those with cbt improved greatly compared to the control group.

Question 7

Limitations t cbt

Answer 7

Individual difference as this treatment may not work for everyone’s experience of depression

cuijipers- effectiveness of cbt may differ from person to person