The cognitive approach to explaining depression Flashcards

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Who proposed the ABC model?

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Albert Ellis

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What is the ABC model?

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A model used to help individuals recognise their irrational beliefs

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What does the A stand for in the ABC model?

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Activating event

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What does the B stand for in the ABC model?

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Belief (irrational or rational)

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What does the C stand for in the ABC model?

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Consequence (irrational or rational)

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What is musturbatory thinking?

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Thinking that certain ideas or assumptions must be true in order for happiness

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What did Ellis identify as the 3 most important irrational beliefs?

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I must be approved of by people I find important, I must do well or I am worthless and the world must give me happiness or I will die

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Why is musturbatory thinking bad?

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Because the assumptions are irrational, and will lead to disappointment

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Who proposed the negative triad?

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Aaron Beck

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What is a schema?

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A cognitive framework that helps us to assimilate new information

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What is the negative triad explanation of depression?

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A cognitive approach to understanding depression, focusing on negative expectations

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What type of schema did Beck suggest that depressed people have?

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A negative schema (acquired during childhood)

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What activates the negative schemas of depressed people?

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Encountering a new situation that resembles the original conditions in which these schemas were learnt

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What do negative schemas lead to?

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Systematic cognitive biases

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What are the 3 components of Beck’s negative triad?

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Negative view of the world, negative view of the self and negative view of the future

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What are the 4 AO3 points of the cognitive explanation of depression?

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1) Blames the patient
2) Practical applications to therapy
3) Irrational beliefs may be realistic
4) Alternative explanations

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Why is blaming the client for their depression empowering?

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It makes them feel in control of their disorder + allows them to feel responsible for changing

18
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Why is blaming the client for their depression problematic?

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It can lead to the oversight of situational factors that may have caused the depression

19
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Which type of therapy has used the negative triad and ABC model to treat depression?

20
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What has research found about the effectiveness of CBT?

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It is the most effective treatment for depression when paired with drug therapy

21
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What has been suggested about the perception of depressive realists?

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They tend to see the world for how it actually is

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What did one study find about depressive realists?

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They gave a more accurate estimate of the likelihood of disaster when compared to a control group

23
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What is the sadder but wiser effect?

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Depressed individuals make more realistic inferences than non-depressed individuals

24
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What alternative explanation may better explain depression?

A

The biological explanation

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What biological component may be responsible for depression?
Neurotransmitters
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What did one study find about the neurotransmitters of depressed people?
They have lower than average serotonin levels
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What has research found about the gene associated with lower serotonin levels?
It is 10x more common in depressed individuals