PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorder, Endocrine System
21 Jun 2020
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Stress hormones decrease neurogenesis in the hippocampus > less able to make new neurons. Depressed patients have quicker and more intense rem sleep. Sleep deprivation may temporarily improve depressive symptoms in bipolar patients. Depression results from changes in rewards and punishments people receive in their lives. Research supports the relationship between the number of rewards received and the presence or absence of depression. Researchers have compiled significant data to support this theory. Underlying tendency to see the world negatively. Tendency to process information in negative ways. Many studies have produced evidence in support of beck"s explanation: High correlation between the level of depression and the number of maladaptive attitudes held. Both the cognitive triad and errors in logic are seen in people with depression. Automatic thinking has been linked to depression. Research fails to show that such cognitive patterns are the cause and core of unipolar depression.
