Since
its earliest formulation, the cognitive model proposed that reactivity to
stressful situations, through the activation of underlying cognitive
vulnerability, is a causal factor for depression. Depressogenic beliefs and
attitudes (also referred to as schemas) constitute the cognitive vulnerability to depression.
Cognitive reactivity refers to the proposition that this
vulnerability remains latent until activated, but once activated it results in
the information processing biases and cognitive products that typify depression.
A related tenet of the cognitive model of depression argues that there is a
distinct cognitive profile for the content and orientation of schema,
information processing biases, and cognitive products for different disorders.
In depression, schemas are theoretically characterized by negative attitudes
and beliefs, and the themes of loss and failure. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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