Cognitive approach to depression

• The Cognitive approach says that all behaviours are caused by

  THOUGHTS/THINKING PATTERNS/ SCHEMAS.
• This means, the COGNITIVE approach proposes that depression involves negative patterns and thinking and schemas.
• Internal mental processes:

  Operations which occur while thinking.

  Turn information into usable form(perception.)

  How we choose what to think about (attention.)

  Construct new solutions(problem solving.)

  Retaining information(memory.)
• Schemas:

  Mental frameworks('packages') of information that are developed through experience.

  Allow us to:

  fill in the 'gaps', make sense of ambiguous situations, process information more quickly etc.