PSY 433 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Longitudinal Study, Psych
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The beardslee (2002) program for preventing depression: resulted from working with hundreds of families of many years to see what the families found most helpful. What research activities contributed to beardslee"s (2002) model for preventing depression: Longitudinal study of 143 families to see what factors affected likelihood that a child of depressed parent(s) would eventually become depressed. In the introduction to his 2002 book, beardslee notes that medical providers have tended to understand depression as it affected the individual patient. A public health approach to medical disorders involved analyzing: The adversity index described by beardslee (2002) is: A way to sum up all the forces that increased risk of depression in children with positive family history. Conditions that increase the rate of depression within a group compared to the rate in groups without those conditions. Examples of risk factors within a family that are related to depression, presented by. Simultaneous marital problems, alcoholism, and job loss within the family.
