Depression

• Behavioural characteristics of depression

  • Low activity levels
  • Distruption to sleep/eating
  • Self harm and aggresion
• Emotional characteristics for depression

  • Lowered mood
  • Anger
  • Lowered self-esteem
• Cognitive characteristics of depression

  • Poor concentration
  • Dwelling on negative
  • Absolutist thinking
• Define Depression


  Mental disorder characterised by low mood and energy levels
• A01 for becks negative triad

  • faulty information processing - dwell on negative rather then positive
  • negative self schema- package of information they have on themselves is in a negative way
  • Negative triad- negative view of self,world,future
• A strength of Becks negative triad

  • +Research to support
  • [Clarck and beck]- cognitive vulnerabilities were more commen in depressed people but preceded depression
  • [Cohen] tracked developement of 473 children - measuring cognitve vulnerability - predicted later depression