Becl :cognitive explanations of depression

Question 1

What is Beck about ?

Answer 1

Cognitive explanations of depression

Question 2

aim?

Answer 2

To Understand cognitive distortions in patients with deression

Question 3

Whats the method?

Answer 3

Clinical interviews wih patints undergoing therapy for depression

compared to 31 non depressed patients

Question 4

pps?

Answer 4

50 pps
16 males - 34 females
18-48

upper/middle class

average intelligence

31 non depressed patients

Question 5

whats the ages of the pps ?

Answer 5

18-48

Question 6

male to female ratio of pps?

Answer 6

16 males

34 females

Question 7

Whats the procedure ?

Answer 7

face to face interviews
reports of patients thouts before session and during

diaries sometimes kept of thoughts and brought to sessions

Question 8

What are the results?

Answer 8

Certain themes occoured in depressed patients that didn’t occour in non depressed - eg low self estee,. self nlame , overwhelming responsibilities , desire to escape, anxiety + paranoia

often regarded seld as inferior - stereotypical responses to situs

distortions were involountry . plausible and persistent

Question 9

what themes occurred in depressed patients?

Answer 9

eg low self estee,. self nlame , overwhelming responsibilities , desire to escape, anxiety + paranoia

Question 10

What was concluded ?

Answer 10

patients showed cognitive distortions that deviated from logical and realistic thinking

this only related to depressop and no the other disorder

Question 11

how many people in control group

Answer 11

31 non depressed patients