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Freud's Psychodynamic theory of depression
Negative self view, Negative view of environment, and negative view of the future
Depression that results when someone's behaviour receives too little reinforcement from the environment
Reinforcement theory of depression
Studies that show the prevalence of heritability risk for depression
Twin studies
This theory states that one develops depression due to having a pre-disposition that leaves one vulnerable to depression when exposed to stressors
Diathesis Stress Model
Occurs when ambivalent feelings toward a person lost turn to anger, then guilt, then anger inwards
Pathological mourning
Mental templates of how we view the world and ourselves, adopted early on in life
Cognitive Schema
Where loved ones relieve a person with depression of responsibility and prevent them from opportunities for reinforcement
Sympathy
2 neurotransmitters that are thought to be involved in depression
serotonin and norepinephrine
Coping resources and social support are.....
Potential protective factors
A period following a loss of an intense self-examination following a loss
Self-focusing Model
Belief that one is unable to have control over their environment and/or reinforcements
Learned helplessness Theory (attributional)
People's behaviour is influenced and is influenced by the behaviour of others
Reciprocal interaction
Based on brain imaging, the emotional centre of the brain that displays abnormalities in people with depression
Limbic system
Poverty, overcrowding, discrimination, violence in the home are some examples of this factor
socio-cultural factors
A healthy process after loss to psychologically separate oneself from person lost
Mourning
Internal factors, global factors and stable factors make up this theory on depression
Reformulated helplessness theory
Theory that states that living with a person who is depressed and requiring increasing social support elicits support initially, then annoyance and rejection from loved ones
Pre-frontal cortex
Unemployment, divorce and sociocultural factors
Potential stress factors/ stressors
Precedes a major depressive episode, and/or exacerbates a depressive episode
Stress
Type of cognitive distortion that neutralizes or denies your accomplishments
Disqualifying the positives
Another reason other than increasing needs for why others may reject a person with depression
Lack of social skills
People who share 100% of genes
A predisposition that makes one genetically and/or psychologically vulnerable to depression
Diathesis