Talk:Behavioral theories of depression

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Greta Munger (talk) 15:26, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Books

1. Ainsworth, P. (2000). Understanding Depression Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi

General facts about depression General overview of behavioral theory & treatment options for depression

2. Andrews, L.W. (2010). Encyclopedia of Depression Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood

Brief History of behavioral theory Self-control Therapy

3. Haddad, M.G. & Haddad, J. (2011). Fun Facts: Depression (ed. 3). Albingdon, Oxford: Health Press Limited

Behavioral symptoms of depression for diagnosis

4. Martell, C.R. & Dimidjiam, S.H. (2010). Behavioral Activation for Depression: A Clinician's Guide New York, NY: Guilford Press

Core Principles of behavioral activation treatment

5. O'Donohue, W.T. & Fisher, F.E. (2012). Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Core Principles for Practice Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Types of behavioral treatments: behavioral activation, social problem solving, and problem solving therapy Functional Analysis method of diagnosis and progress tracking

6. Oltmanns, T.F., & Emery, R.E. (2014). Mood Disorders and Suicide. Abnormal Psychology ( ed. 8). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education

Behavioral Symptoms of Depression Interpersonal Therapy

7. Rehm, L.P. (1981). Behavior therapy for depression: Present status and future directions New York, NY: Academic Press

Types of behavioral therapies for depression: social skills/assertion training, pleasant activities, anti-depressive programs, helplessness reduction, self-regulation How to behaviorally define depression How to record/measure overt behaviors for assessment and progress

Review Articles

8. Blatt, S.J. & Maroudas, C. (1992). Convergences among psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral theories of depression Psychoanalytic Psychology, 9, 157-190

Silvano Arieti ties personality traits to depression: dominant other vs. dominant goal & types of depression

9. Clark, L.A., Watson, D., & Mineka, S. (1994). Temperament, personality, and the mood and anxiety disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 103, 103-116

Link attributional style and value systems to negative and positive affect These tendencies predispose to depression if: negative affect, dependent, and self-critical

10. Jacobson, N.S., Martell, C.R., & Dimidjian, S. (2001). Behavioral activation treatment for depression: Returning to contextual roots. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 8, 255-270

Use behavior to change subjective feelings of depression Deactivate depression via altering maladaptive behaviors with positive behaviors

11. Mathews, C.O. (1977). A review of behavioral theories of depression and a self-regulation model for depression. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice, 14, 79-86

Depression Explained/defined behaviorally via: self-regulation, social skill deficits, learned helplessness/reinforcement contingencies

12. Neuringer, A. (2004). Reinforced variability in animals and people. American Psychologist, 59, 891-906

Depression is a reduction in adaptively variable behavior Behavioral variability can be increase with reinforcement

13. Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (1987). Sex differences in unipolar depression: Evidence and theory. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 259-282

Ruminative vs. distractive behavior for the onset of and prognosis for depression Changing ruminative to distractive behaviors to treat depression

14. Seitz, F.C. (1971). Behavior modification techniques for treating depression. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice, 8, 181-184

Outline of original behavioral interventions: positive reinforcement groups, social learning theory, anti-depression therapy, and behavioral deprivations Historical Perspective

15. Stoppard, J.M. (1989). An evaluation of the adequacy of cognitive/behavioral theories for understanding depression in women. Canadian Psychology, 30, 39-47

Behavioral theories do not account for sex differences in men & women Issues with behavioral explanations of depression

Journal Articles

16. Alloy, L.B., Fedderly, S.S., Kennedy-Moore, E., & Cohan, C.L. (1998). Dysphoria and social interaction: An integration of behavioral confirmation and interpersonal perspectives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 1566-1579

Role of depressed in interactions: lack of responsiveness & involvement, lack of nonverbal & verbal communication Role of observer in interactions: give negative feedback to depressed, increasingly negative overtime, expectations about depressed predispose to negative interactions with depressed

17. Lewinsohn, P.M. & Libet, J. (1972). Pleasant events, activity schedules, and depressions. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 79, 291-295

Pleasant activity improves mood for depressed and non-depressed List of activities that significantly altered mood

18. Prkachin, K.M., Craig, K.D., Papageorgis, D., & Reith, G. (1977). Nonverbal communication deficits and response to performance feedback in depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 86, 224-234

Depressed people send ambiguous social cues Ambiguous behavior is misunderstood by observer Observer gives depressed person aversive feedback Feedback maintains depressive behaviors

19. Rothman, A.J. (2000). Toward a theory-based analysis of behavioral maintenance. Health Psychology, 19, 64-69

Issues with behavioral maintenance: not enough focus on realistic long-term goals

Asjones23 (talk) 23:56, 17 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asjones23 (talk • contribs) 14:35, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sources look good, lean towards include modern (last 10 years).

• Organization: will need to be thoughtful about organization and sub-sections, starting with definition and most important information at the top. Remember that people hop around in reading Wikipedia articles, so make each little section as independent as you can
• Methods: what kind of research supports these theories? Some sections will need more method details than others, helpful to keep in mind these descriptions: 3 research methods (experiments vs correlation vs descriptive); 2 data-collection (self-report vs observation); 2 research settings (lab vs field)
• Figures and tables: be thoughtful. Wikicommons has lots of pictures that might be useful. You cannot copy directly from journal articles (copyright violation), but you can recreate a figure and then donate it yourself.
• remember to sign comments in the Talk pages Greta Munger (talk) 15:05, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ashley, this seems like an interesting topic overall, and I'm excited to see what you do with it!

My main comments are about the format of your additions, so I'm including a possible outline that I came up with based on your source topics. I hope it will be helpful!

Section 1: Overview of depression

• General background--when did depression begin to count as a psychological disorder? How is it defined by the DSM V?
• Symptoms of depression--what are they, and have they evolved over time?
• Perhaps address in the broader scheme of abnormal psychology?

Section 2: Behavioral approach and theories

• Behavioral treatment of depression--how would you define it? how does it differ from other forms of treatment?
• Methods of behavioral treatment--how does reinforcement of positive behavior differ from the taking away of maladaptive behaviors?
• Interpersonal exchanges in treatment--what role does communication between people (or groups) play in the success of a treatment? How common and/or successful is group therapy?

Section 3: Individual differences in responding to behavioral therapy

• Personality differences
• Differences in value systems
• Gender differences--it seemed like several of your sources highlighted these, so I would focus on WHY there is a difference, if at all.

Section 4: Implications

• What are the potential long and short term benefits of behavioral therapy? Are there new developments in the field?

Good luck with everything! --Julia --Juwatkins (talk) 20:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am adding this study that was done on Behavioral Theories on Depression.--DanaLPanetta (talk) 22:37, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]