Depression

Depression por Widiya Habibah

1. Symptoms

2. Cognitive Explanation

3. Cognitive Treatment:CBT

4. Lack of enjoyment

5. Sleep problems

6. Low motivation

7. Fault thought processes

8. Negetive self-view

9. Downward spiral

10. E.g. Catastraphising

11. Helplessness

12. Identifies negative thoughts

13. Changing out thoughts changes our behaviour

14. May involve diagrams

15. Collaborative therapy

16. Once a week for 5-20weeks

17. Long-lasting change

18. Non suitable for everyone

19. May be a symptom, not a cause

20. No better then other therapies

21. Cognitive-restructuring successful

22. Effective alongside drug treatments

23. CBT effective

24. Symphtom not cause

25. Supporting evidence in teenagers

26. Seligman's Animal Research

27. Support evidence

28. Biological Explanation:Monoamine Hypothesis

29. Biological Treatment:Depression

30. imbalance in neurotransmitters

31. Low serotonin

32. Low noradrenalin

33. Genetic link

34. High cortisol

35. Change neurotransmitter levels

36. E.g.affect monoamines

37. Dosage can be adjusted

38. Available on prescription

39. Patient can try different types

40. intense

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