strength screening and treatment. Cohen concluded that assessing cognitive vulnerability allows psychologists to screen young people, identifying the ones that are most at risk of developing depression later in life, so they were able to monitor them. Understanding cognitive vulnerabilities can be applied to CBT . These therapies work by altering the cognitions to make people who are vulnerable to depression, more resilient to the negative life events, which could then improve their symptoms. This shows understanding of cognitive vulnerability for more than clinical practices.