Depression: Theory, assessment, and new directions in practice
Titel:
Depression: Theory, assessment, and new directions in practice
Auteur:
Thomas Dowd E.
Verschenen in:
International journal of clinical and health psychology
Paginering:
Jaargang 4 (2004) nr. 2 pagina's xx
Jaar:
2004
Inhoud:
This theoretical study describes the phenomenon of depression and the use of cognitive therapy in its treatment. It discusses the nature of depression, the cognitive therapy of depression, and common cognitive assessment instruments of depression as well as some treatment techniques. Depression consists of five different manifestations; emotional, cognitive, motivational, vegetative & physical, and delusional, although it is the emotional manifestation which we tend to think of as depression. Three levels of cognition; characteristic self-statements, cognitive distortions, and core cognitive beliefs are discussed. Self-statement (or cognitive content) modification focuses on assessing, evaluating, and changing current automatic thoughts or self-statements. Cognitive distortions (or cognitive processes) are systematic errors in logic and reasoning that result in negative automatic thoughts. Core cognitive beliefs or schemas are clusters of cognitive self-statements organized around one or more themes and have also been referred to as conditional beliefs or tacit knowledge structures. A variety of cognitive depression instruments are discussed. The include the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory, the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale and others. A wide variety of therapeutic interventions for overcoming depression are presented. The reader is cautioned that the relapse rate in depression is high.
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Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual (AEPC) (provided by DOAJ)
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