PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Major Depressive Episode, Explanatory Style, Cognitive Therapy

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

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Insomnia or sleeping too much: agitation or psychomotor retardation noticed by others, fatigue or loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt, diminished ability to think or concentrate, or indecisiveness, recurrent thoughts of death. (cid:862)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:449)hel(cid:373)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) all i ha(cid:448)e to do(cid:863: self-focused rumination (overthinking) Explanatory style: to what do you attribute blame when something goes wrong: e(cid:454)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al: (cid:862)that (cid:449)as a(cid:374) u(cid:374)fai(cid:396) test(cid:863) Other tendencies of mdd: ta(cid:271)le: (cid:862)i(cid:859)ll al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:271)e stupid(cid:863, glo(cid:271)al: (cid:862)(cid:373)(cid:455) stupidit(cid:455) affe(cid:272)ts e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g i do(cid:863) Evidence: new university students: pessimistic thinking style: 17% developed mdd, optimistic thinking style 1% developed mdd. Nevertheless, even if nes is an effect rather than cause, there could be benefits of treating nes. Teach people new, more constructive ways of thinking examples: If person accepts all blame without question, point out that some blame lies elsewhere. If pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) is e(cid:454)t(cid:396)e(cid:373)e i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:894)e. g. , (cid:862)this is the (cid:449)o(cid:396)st possi(cid:271)le out(cid:272)o(cid:373)e(cid:863), (cid:862)i(cid:859)(cid:373) a (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete failu(cid:396)e(cid:863)(cid:895), challenge them.