Depression

Question 1

What is Depression

Answer 1

A Mood affective Disorder

Question 2

What is the DSM-IV

Answer 2

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- A book to provide a framework for classifying disorders and defining diagnostic criteria for the disorders

Question 3

What is the criteria for Depression according to the DSM-IV ( Name 3)

Answer 3

• Depressed mood or irritable most of the day
• Fatigue or loss of energy
• Change in sleeping patterns

Question 4

Name 3 Emotional Characteristics of Depression

Answer 4

• Feelings of Sadness
• Loss of interest in enjoyable things (Anhedonia)
• Hatred towards the world

Question 5

Name 3 Cognitive Characteristics of Depression

Answer 5

• Feelings of guilt
• Recurrent thoughts of death
• Negative self-esteem

Question 6

Name 3 Behavioural Characteristics of Depression

Answer 6

• Tiredness
• Reduced energy in activities
• Change in sleeping patterns

Question 7

Who created a model that explains depression from a cognitive perspective

Answer 7

Aaron Beck

Question 8

Define Cognitive

Answer 8

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses

Question 9

Why do depressed people feel as they do with their thoughts

Answer 9

• Their thinking is biased towards negative interpretations.
• Faulty information processing and negative schemas can lead to negative triad of thoughts

Question 10

What 3 aspects do depressed people have a negative view about according to Beck’s negative Triad

Answer 10

• The self
• The Future
• The World

Question 11

What is the main concept about Beck’s negative triad

Answer 11

Depression is based on in faulty thinking