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what are the 2 main types of depression

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unipolar and bipolar disorder

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what is unipolar depression

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person experiences one mood - being down

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what is bipolar depression

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person experiences many moods - up and down alot (unpredictable)

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what are the requirements for a diagnosis of depression

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display five symptoms of:
- weight change, sleeping change, lack of energy, thoughts of self-harm and suicide
everyday for at least 2 weeks

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what are the DSM-5 categories of depression

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  • major depressive disorder
  • persistent depressive disorder
  • disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
  • premenstrual dysphoric disorder
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what is major depressive disorder

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server and short term depression

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what is persistent depressive disorder

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long-term and recurring depression

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what is disruptive mood dysregulation disorder

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where children/teens have ongoing irritability, anger and intense outbursts

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what is premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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disruption to mood prior to female menstruation

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what are the behavioural changes during depression

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  • loss of appetite
  • say negative things
  • down all the time
  • self-medicating (alcohol, drugs)
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what are the emotional changes during depression

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  • feeling empty
  • loss in pleasure in regular activities
  • irritable
  • constant exhaustion
  • isolation
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what the cognitive changes during depression

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  • memory loss
  • shame and guilt
  • distorted thinking
  • difficulty concentrating
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comparing B, E, C of phobias, depression and OCD

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who are the key psychologists in the cognitive approach the depression

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Beck and Ellis

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what is the cognitive explanation of depression

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  • how irrational and faulty thinking leads to depression
  • everything occurs due to internal mental processes
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what are the key assumptions of the cognitive approach

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individuals who suffer from mental disorder have distorted and irrational thinking - which may cause maladaptive behaviours

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what are the 3 parts of Beck’s cognitive triad

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1 - negative self-schemas
2 - faulty information processes (cognitive bias)
3 - negative triad

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1 - what are self-schemas

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a package of ideas that we have about ourselves

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1 - what might people believe about themselves if they have negative self-schemas

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  • low self-worth
  • no one likes them
  • never be good enough
  • very insecure
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1 - how did weissman and Beck investigate the thought processes of depressed people to establish their use of negative self-schemas

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  • measured thought processes with Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS)
  • questionnaire contain yes or no boxes with a set of statements
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1 - what were the results of the DAS questionnaire

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depressed pts made more negative self assessments than non-depressed people

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1 - evaluation of the DAS

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+ had a control group so could make comparisons
- self-report (demand characteristics)
- closed questions - no elaboration

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2 - what did Beck propose depressed people tend to selectively attend to

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  • negative aspects of a situation and ignore positive aspects
  • you are either a success or a failure - no inbetween (black and white thinking)
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2 - what are the 5 cognitive biases

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  • overgeneralization
  • personalisation
  • selective abstraction
  • magnification
  • minimization
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2 - what is overgeneralization
general conclusion based on a single occurrence e.g. this always happens to me, I am useless
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2 - what is personalisation
negative feelings of others are attributed to something about you e.g. someone didn't say hi when they walked past so they must not like me
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2 - what is selective abstraction
focus on one negative aspect, overlooking aspects leading to a positive conclusion e.g. everything goes well in an interview but you focus on one bad thing
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2 - what is magnification
exaggerating significance of events e.g. I couldn't do one thing so I am hopeless at everything
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2 - what is minimisation
underplaying positive events and outcomes e.g. it was a fluke
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3 - what is the negative triad
negative schemas, together with cognitive biases maintain the negative triad - negative view of the self - negative view of the world - negative view of the future
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3 - what does the negative triad look like
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what does negative self-schemas + cognitive biases + negative triad =
THE COGNITIVE TRIAD
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strengths of Beck's theory
- practical application through CBT - accounts for individual differences - good supporting evidence - Cohen tracked 473 adolescent’s cognitive vulnerabilities and it showed that those who showing cognitive vulnerability predicted later depression
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limitations of Beck's theory
- does not explain all the aspects of depression like biology or the environment
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what is Ellis's belief about depression
- depressives mistakenly blame external events for their unhappiness - irrational thinking leads to depression
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what are Ellis' 3 beliefs mustorbatory thinking
- I must be thoroughly competent and successful in everything I do - other must treat me kindly and fairly, and if they do not they are awful who deserved to be punished - the world must give me happiness, or else life is unbearable MT: person beats themself up in their heads
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what are Ellis' ABC
A - an Action is affected by B - an individual's Belief which results in C - a Consequence
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what occurs in Beliefs are subject to cognitive biases
they can cause irrational thinking which may produce undesirable behaviours
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what are the strengths of Ellis' theory
- practical application through therapy (irrational and negative beliefs can be challenged) - nurture is taken into account
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limitations of Ellis' theory
- only offers partial explanation (some depression occurs due to activating event) - does not explain all aspects of depression (anger) - beliefs that 'seem' irrational may not actually be irrational
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what are the 2 types of cognitive treatments
CBT (Beck) and REBT (Ellis)
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characteristics of CBT
- cognitive behavioural therapy - develop by Beck - intended to be brief (20 sessions over 16 weeks) - focuses on the here and the now
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what does CBT aim to do
identify and alter negative beliefs and later dysfunctional behaviours that contribute to depression
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what strategies are used in CBT
- behavioural action - homework - thought catching - cognitive restructuring
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what is behavioural action
- focuses on encouraging the client to become more active - things that are rewarding for the client are "antidote" to depression - gives the client opportunity to practice challenging negative thoughts associated with pleasurable activities - these events should be scheduled
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what is homework in CBT
- clients are asked to complete ACHIEVABLE tasks between sessions - need to be achievable or else failure would reinforce ineptness
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what is thought catching
the client is encouraged to identify and record their automatic negative thoughts and consider how they could be challenged
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what is cognitive restructuring
restructuring negative thoughts to overcome cognitive distortions and biases
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what are clients asked to complete for cognitive restructuring
thought log: event, thought, consequence, rational counterstatement
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evidence for effectiveness of CBT - Derubeis (2005)
Derubeis (2005) studied three groups: CBT, SSRIs, placebo After 8 weeks improvements was: CBT - 43%, SSRIs - 50%, placebo - 25%
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evidence for CBT effectiveness - Kupfer (2001)
claims the most effective form of treatment is CBT and antidepressants
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what does REBT stand for
Rational emotional behavioural therapy
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what is REBT
- people are not disturbed by things but rather their view of things - REBT involves making irrational and negative thoughts more rational and positive - extends the ABC to ABCDEF
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what does the ABCDEF model stand for
Action Belief Consequence Dispute Effect Feelings
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what is disputing
REBT argues that it isn't the activating event but the beliefs - sp disputing tries to change the beliefs
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what are the 3 types of disputing
- logical disputing - does thinking this make sense? - empirical disputing - where is the evidence for the belief? - pragmatic disputing - how is this belief likely to help you?
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HOW does the process of challenging irrational thoughts treat depression
1 - effective disputing changes in beliefs - self-defeating to rational 2 - the client moves from catastrophizing activating events to more rational interpretations 3 - this helps the client to feel better and become more self-accepting
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how are CBT and REBT similar and different
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strengths of CBT and REBT
- CBT is effective for treating depression - subjective to individual experience - better than drugs as have no side effects
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limitations of CBT and REBT
- lacks effectiveness for severe cases and people with learning disabilities - only works if client is motivated - it has high relapse rates - semipermanent
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research supporting the cognitive explanation to depression
Clark and Beck concluded that not only were cognitive vulnerabilities more common in depressed people, but they preceded depression - confirmed by Cohen et al
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