Cognitive Theory of Depression

Who does the cognitive factors of life affect depression?
According to the cognitive model of depression, depression is caused due to the shaping of our behavior directly by beliefs and thoughts. This model has vast scientific evidence to believe that maladaptive cognitions preced disorders as depression. Depressive symptoms result when people's attributions for external
events are based on maladaptive beliefs and attitudes.

The cognitive model of depression is based on three specific ideas.First the negative view of self, the world, and the future. Secondly the pattern of maladaptive thoughts and beliefs. Last the cognitive errors which is the faulty thinking accompanied by negative and unrealistic representations of reality.
This three ideas combine to construct the base of the model that is thought to explain wy people become depressed.
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