DEPRESSION AND ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Now more than ever we are seeing trying times, with the downfall of the economy, foreclosures and unemployment at their all-time highs. I have a friend of mine that works in the mortgage industry. She told me of a woman going through a divorce, just having lost her job, she said she was so sad and depressed a few months later, she than committed suicide. I hear on the news and I even have friends that their outlook on their circumstance is very traumatic and negative. According to Constituency Survey millions of Americans experience depression each year. Those who suffer from this illness have the desire to want to be happy; however, depression will continue to get worse if they do not get help. If we can …show more content…
The challenge with depression is to make sure relapses is not on the horizon for the individual. There are a few clinical uncertainties that should be studied and also rationalizing the need for their investigation. The research in Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression (MBCTD) expresses the link between cognitive psychology and depression (Allen, Bromley, Kuyken,& Sonnenberg, 2009). The research was done over a 2-year time frame, using several different methods such as translational randomized controlled trial involving mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and supported self-monitoring. The study used prospective, multi-site, single blind, randomized controlled trials along with using a group comparison design between involving the intervention, MBCT, and a self-monitoring comparison condition (Chawla, Collins, Bowen, 2010). This research will give insight on Cognitive Psychology in regards to the methods that studies mental processes such as how people think, perceive, remember, and …show more content…
The purpose for the specific type of research is to help find valuable interventions methods that will target relapse, with those that have a history of three or more episodes of depression. It also could can help to pinpoint the connection between depression and cognitive psychology. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a group-based program that integrates aspects of cognitive behavior therapy. Depression affects a person’s ability to perform daily tasks and can seriously alter a person’s quality of life. The results of this trial, including an examination of clinical, functional and health economic outcomes, provide the opportunity to scale the validity of the treatment used for depression (Bondolfi, Jermann, Linden,
Now more than ever we are seeing trying times, with the downfall of the economy, foreclosures and unemployment at their all-time highs. I have a friend of mine that works in the mortgage industry. She told me of a woman going through a divorce, just having lost her job, she said she was so sad and depressed a few months later, she than committed suicide. I hear on the news and I even have friends that their outlook on their circumstance is very traumatic and negative. According to Constituency Survey millions of Americans experience depression each year. Those who suffer from this illness have the desire to want to be happy; however, depression will continue to get worse if they do not get help. If we can …show more content…
The challenge with depression is to make sure relapses is not on the horizon for the individual. There are a few clinical uncertainties that should be studied and also rationalizing the need for their investigation. The research in Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression (MBCTD) expresses the link between cognitive psychology and depression (Allen, Bromley, Kuyken,& Sonnenberg, 2009). The research was done over a 2-year time frame, using several different methods such as translational randomized controlled trial involving mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and supported self-monitoring. The study used prospective, multi-site, single blind, randomized controlled trials along with using a group comparison design between involving the intervention, MBCT, and a self-monitoring comparison condition (Chawla, Collins, Bowen, 2010). This research will give insight on Cognitive Psychology in regards to the methods that studies mental processes such as how people think, perceive, remember, and …show more content…
The purpose for the specific type of research is to help find valuable interventions methods that will target relapse, with those that have a history of three or more episodes of depression. It also could can help to pinpoint the connection between depression and cognitive psychology. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a group-based program that integrates aspects of cognitive behavior therapy. Depression affects a person’s ability to perform daily tasks and can seriously alter a person’s quality of life. The results of this trial, including an examination of clinical, functional and health economic outcomes, provide the opportunity to scale the validity of the treatment used for depression (Bondolfi, Jermann, Linden,