depression explanation

• what is ellis‘ abc model?


  a cognitive approach to understanding mental disorder, focusing on the effect of irrational beliefs on emotions
• what does the abc model stand for?

  a refers to an activating event, b is the belief which may be rational or irrational, c is the consequence - rational beliefs lead to healthy emotions whereas irrational beliefs lead to unhealthy emotions
• what is musturbatory thinking?

  thinking that certain ideas or assumptions must be true in order for an individual to be happy
• what are the three most important irrational beliefs identified by ellis?

  i must be approved of or accepted by people i find important, i must do well or very well or i am worthless, the world must give me happiness or i will die
• what is becks negative triad?

  a cognitive approach to understanding depression, focusing on how negative expectations (schema) about the self, world and future lead to depression
• what is a negative schema?

  a tendency to adopt a negative view of the world
• what can cause a negative schema?

  parental or peer rejection and criticisms by teachers
• when are negative schemas activated?

  when the person encounters a new situation that resembles the original conditions in which these schemas were learned
• what is the negative triad?

  negative view of the self, world and future