Depression is one of the world’s major health problems. Before understanding how best to organise treatments for depression, psychological research must be used to understand depression itself as clinical depressions are not all the same. By understanding the causes of depression through psychological research, we will be able to apply the best treatments for it. There are many different types of treatment for depression. Use of antidepressants, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and combination therapies are a few.
Becks theory of depression states that depression is caused by negative thoughts about oneself, as proposed by Aaron Beck in 1976. Beck’s Cognitive Triad suggests that there are three different negative thoughts present in depression: the self, the world and/ or the future. His main argument was that these thoughts caused depression, rather than them being products of depression. …show more content…
Z. Abela and David U. D’Alessandro on college admissions is a good example of this. High school seniors applying for early decision to the University of Pennsylvania completed questionnaires measuring their depressed mood and dysfunctional attitude eight weeks before receiving their admissions outcome decision. Applicants took more questionnaires on the day they received the decisions and again four days after. Of the 134 students who took part, 68 were negative outcomes and 68 were positive outcomes. Of the 68 negative outcomes, 25 were rejected from the University of Pennsylvania and the remaining 43 were deferred.
The study found that negative views on the future strongly impacted an increase in dysfunctional attitudes and depressed moods. Students with dysfunctional attitudes experience an increase in depressed moods because they developed a negative view of the future. Thus partially backing up Beck’s theory of depression, as students who failed to get into their chosen university doubted their futures, leading to symptoms of
Becks theory of depression states that depression is caused by negative thoughts about oneself, as proposed by Aaron Beck in 1976. Beck’s Cognitive Triad suggests that there are three different negative thoughts present in depression: the self, the world and/ or the future. His main argument was that these thoughts caused depression, rather than them being products of depression. …show more content…
Z. Abela and David U. D’Alessandro on college admissions is a good example of this. High school seniors applying for early decision to the University of Pennsylvania completed questionnaires measuring their depressed mood and dysfunctional attitude eight weeks before receiving their admissions outcome decision. Applicants took more questionnaires on the day they received the decisions and again four days after. Of the 134 students who took part, 68 were negative outcomes and 68 were positive outcomes. Of the 68 negative outcomes, 25 were rejected from the University of Pennsylvania and the remaining 43 were deferred.
The study found that negative views on the future strongly impacted an increase in dysfunctional attitudes and depressed moods. Students with dysfunctional attitudes experience an increase in depressed moods because they developed a negative view of the future. Thus partially backing up Beck’s theory of depression, as students who failed to get into their chosen university doubted their futures, leading to symptoms of