The Hopelessness Theory of Depression

In my review of literature research I will look at several articles on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for depressed patients. In these articles we will explain the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for various ages and sexes. The literature will review and review the results clarified by quantitative and qualitative research and results. For depressed patients, the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is similar to the results of medical interventions in the short term.

Adaptation of this theory suggests that depression occurs not only from powerlessness but also from despair. Despairism is a phenomenon in which people ignore the events of negative life, treating the causes of these events as permanent, and unduly emphasizing the specific weaknesses of life over depression . Many aspects (for example, "Because I am not good at creative things, I am not a fine mother, so my relationship with my child is definitely doomed")

Abramson et al. (1978) revised a helpless theory on re-enactment of depression (HT; Abramson et al., 1989), supposedly suggested a person who faces negative Depressive symptoms may occur during life events. This theory allows other possible routes for the development of depression (eg genetics, neurotransmitters, etc.), but it has three types of denials that individuals can make in case of negative events We assume inference: causal reasoning (inference) for stability and overall attribution for the occurring events), the conjecture (presumed to happen after the event occurs), and speculation about the self (Self-guessing about events)

General discussion: Recommendations for future research and impact on development understanding before depression occurs

Allen compares Beck's cognitive theory with a desperate theory based on Seligman's study of helplessness and attribution style. Desperationism reflects the theory of Weinstein. People with negative thought processes will conclude that such negative events will have negative consequences when facing negative events. Individual is worthless or defective (McGinn, 2000)