PSY 245 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Fluoxetine, Topiramate, Olanzapine
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Depression results from changes in rewards and punishments. Negative thinking: maladaptive attitudes, self-defeating attitudes are developed during childhood, upsetting situations later in life can trigger further rounds of negative. Cognitive triad: thinking: negative view of self (internal, negative view of experiences (stable, negative view about future (global) Errors in thinking: arbitrary inferences, minimization of the positive and magnification of the negative, overgeneralization. Automatic thoughts: a steady train of unpleasant thoughts that suggest inadequacy and hopelessness. Learned helplessness (seligman): perception of loss of control over the reinforcements in their lives, they themselves are responsible for this helpless state. *attributions: internal attributions that are global and stable lead to greater feelings of helplessness and possibly depression, ex: it"s all my fault (internal). I ruin everything (global) and i always will (stable). : if people make other kinds of attributions, this reaction is less damaging(?) Psychodynamic model: not strongly supported by research. Behavioral model: modestly supported by research.
