The first approach to be discussed is the psychodynamic approach developed by Sigmund Freud at the beginning of the 20th century. The psychoanalytic theory states that childhood experiences and unconscious desires influence behaviour. Personality has urges, believes, memories, instincts and drives that people are not always aware of and they make up this unconscious. The major driving forces behind it is the concept of libido. Libido is natural energy source that fuels the mechanisms of the mind and when this libidinous energy is stuck or fixated at various stages of psychosexual development, conflicts can occur that have life-long effects. He proposed that orally fixated people who experience a loss are unable to accept the anger that results
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The main findings show that people with previous episodes of depression can not link the two regions of the brain connected with knowledge of appropriate behaviour and guilt as individuals who never suffered of depression.
Psychodynamic therapy for depression has its roots on Freud’s psychoanalysis theory and it’s based on the assumption that people suffer of it because of unsolved childhood problems, usually deepened in the unconscious. It is a talk therapy and involves the exploration of the vastness of the mind, including the understanding of emotions and feelings on patients’ moods and behaviour. They are encouraged to talk about every kind of problem they can not overcome, in this way, the psychologist can recognize reactions used by the patient to repress unwanted thoughts and accept them as a part of the …show more content…
CBT is beleieved to be the most empirical treatment in overcoming depression Beck’s theory says that depression is caused by a cognitive disturbance and not a mood issue, as Freud proposes. He states that there are three causes why people become depressed: a negative view of oneself- feeling worthless, inadequate, unlovable, lacking the skill to achieve happiness; a negative view of the environment- perceiving it as imposing excessive demands and presenting obstacles that are impossible to overcome, all of these leading to loss and failure and a negative view of the future- not being abe too see the future in a bright light, one expects of the future only containing misery and
The main findings show that people with previous episodes of depression can not link the two regions of the brain connected with knowledge of appropriate behaviour and guilt as individuals who never suffered of depression.
Psychodynamic therapy for depression has its roots on Freud’s psychoanalysis theory and it’s based on the assumption that people suffer of it because of unsolved childhood problems, usually deepened in the unconscious. It is a talk therapy and involves the exploration of the vastness of the mind, including the understanding of emotions and feelings on patients’ moods and behaviour. They are encouraged to talk about every kind of problem they can not overcome, in this way, the psychologist can recognize reactions used by the patient to repress unwanted thoughts and accept them as a part of the …show more content…
CBT is beleieved to be the most empirical treatment in overcoming depression Beck’s theory says that depression is caused by a cognitive disturbance and not a mood issue, as Freud proposes. He states that there are three causes why people become depressed: a negative view of oneself- feeling worthless, inadequate, unlovable, lacking the skill to achieve happiness; a negative view of the environment- perceiving it as imposing excessive demands and presenting obstacles that are impossible to overcome, all of these leading to loss and failure and a negative view of the future- not being abe too see the future in a bright light, one expects of the future only containing misery and