PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Learned Helplessness, Reuptake, Explanatory Style
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Module 52 & 54: psychological disorders, part iii: psychological & biomedical therapies. Major depressive disorder (mdd: global: my stupidity affects. Evidence: new university students: pessimistic thinking style: 17, markedly diminished interest or developed mdd pleasure in activities, optimistic thinking style: 1, significant increase or decrease in developed mdd appetite or weight. Cognitive view of mdd: insomnia, sleeping too much, or disrupted sleep, lethargy, or physical agitation, worthlessness, or. Nevertheless, even if nes is an effect rather than cause, there could be benefits of treating nes excessive/inappropriate guilt. Cognitive therapy: daily problems in thinking, concentrating, and/or making decisions teach people new, more constructive ways of thinking. Before therapy: recurring thoughts of death and, this exam"s probably going to be suicide. Primary biomedical therapy impossible: i"m so nervous i"ll forget everything. After therapy: the exam will be hard, but not impossible, antidepressant medication, i don"t need a perfect score to get. Cognitive aspects of depression low self-esteem self-defeating beliefs: learned helplessness.