What is depression?
A mood disorder
Cognitive Theory of Depression
Depression results from systematic negative bias in our thought processes.
Depressed people —- differently then normal people
Think
Cognitive Triad
Negative thoughts about the world, self,future
Negative self schema
Depressed people hold a set of beliefs or expectations that are essentially negative or pessimistic
Logical Errors
Selectively Focus too much on one aspect of a situation while ignoring an equally relevant aspect
When we are more active then passive we are less
Depressed