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Depression by Mind Map: Depression

1. Biological Explanation:Monoamine Hypothesis

2. Biological Treatment:Depression

3. Symptoms

4. Cognitive Explanation

5. Cognitive Treatment:CBT

6. imbalance in neurotransmitters

7. Low serotonin

8. Low noradrenalin

9. Genetic link

10. High cortisol

11. Change neurotransmitter levels

12. E.g.affect monoamines

13. Dosage can be adjusted

14. Available on prescription

15. Patient can try different types

16. intense

17. Lack of enjoyment

18. Sleep problems

19. Low motivation

20. Fault thought processes

21. Negetive self-view

22. Downward spiral

23. E.g. Catastraphising

24. Helplessness

25. Identifies negative thoughts

26. Changing out thoughts changes our behaviour

27. May involve diagrams

28. Collaborative therapy

29. Once a week for 5-20weeks

30. Long-lasting change

31. Non suitable for everyone

32. May be a symptom, not a cause

33. No better then other therapies

34. Cognitive-restructuring successful

35. Effective alongside drug treatments

36. CBT effective

37. Symphtom not cause

38. Supporting evidence in teenagers

39. Seligman's Animal Research

40. Support evidence

41. Antidepressants Effective

42. Only 50% success rate

43. Correlational evidence

44. Could be ANY neurotransmitters!

45. Placebos often as effective as SSRIs

46. Side effects

47. Fast acting

48. But still take a while to work

49. ECT may be better for extreme cases

50. Addictive

51. Withdrawal effects

52. Treats symptom not cause