Dissertations / Theses: 'Depression, mental'

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Cheung, Elsie. "Depressive automatic processes as vulnerability markers in depression." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30986.

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Previous research has found little support for cognitive vulnerability factors in depression. I argue that this lack of support is due to the use of tasks that tap into effortful processes, as seen in previous research. I propose that support for cognitive vulnerability factors would be found by using tasks which tap into automatic processes. Depressive automatic processes were assessed by three tasks: dichotic listening, probe detection, and implicit memory tasks. For the dichotic listening task, subjects shadowed brief neutral passages while depression- and positive-content words were played in the unattended channel. Concurrently, subjects were required to detect the word "press" presented intermittently on a computer screen. Detection latencies were recorded. For the probe detection task, pairs of words were briefly presented on a computer screen, one appearing in the upper half of the screen, and one appearing in the bottom half. Three types of word pairs were used: neutral-neutral, depression-neutral, and positive-neutral. Subjects were asked to read the top word aloud. They were also required to detect the presence of a "+", which sometimes appeared in either location of the words. Detection latencies were recorded. For the implicit memory task, half of the subjects were presented with a list of words and were required to rate each word on how much they liked each word. Four types of words were used: depression-related, happiness-related, types of flowers, and types of diseases. These subjects were then asked to generate eight exemplars for each word type. The other half of the subjects were simply asked to generate eight exemplars for the word types. Depressive effortful processes were defined as self-report of cognitions. This was assessed by three self-report questionnaires: Dysfunctional Attitude Scale, Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire, and the Hopelessness Scale. Three groups of subjects were used: currently depressed patients (n=20), remitted depressed individuals (n=20), and nondepressed individuals (n=20). The currently depressed group consisted of 13 women and 7 men, the remitted depressed group consisted of 16 women and 4 men, whereas the nondepressed group consisted of 13 women and 7 men. Their ages ranged from 23 to 65 years, with an overall average of 39.9 (SD = 11.28) years. Subjects were tested individually on each of the tasks. Three months after testing, they were asked to complete the Beck Depression Inventory. Four main hypotheses were examined: (a) currently depressed individuals would show a bias for depression-related stimuli on the automatic tasks; (b) remitted depressed individuals' pattern of performance on the automatic tasks would resemble that of the currently depressed patients; (c) remitted depressed individuals' pattern of performance on the effortful tasks would resemble that of the nondepressed individuals; and (d) measures of depressive automatic processes would be predictive of follow-up depressive symptoms. Analyses of variance and regression analyses were used. The first hypothesis was not supported. The second hypothesis was only supported for the dichotic listening task. The third hypothesis was supported, whereas the fourth hypothesis was not supported. Implications of the results to schema theory, vulnerability methodology, and clinical assessment procedures were dlscussed.
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Psychology, Department of
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Wood, William E. "Depression a cure /." Portland, Or. : Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Warren, Sonja C. "A construction of family roles by working men who experience depression." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07252005-095433.

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Stasiuk, Christopher P. "Examining Psalm 119 from a therapeutic perspective for the treatment of depression." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Dzelzgalvis, Ieva. "Depression and idolatry the forgotten link /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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McGill, Fox Eileen. "Mental health services and late-onset depression." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2361.

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Goggin, Leigh S. "The affective response to ambiguous stimuli in depression." University of Western Australia, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0124.

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Cognitive theory of depression predicts that the illness is associated with an information processing bias that interprets ambiguous information in a mood-congruent or depressive fashion. This negative interpretative bias may serve as a vulnerability factor or maintenance mechanism for a depressive illness. The majority of studies investigating such interpretative biases rely primarily on subjective experimental methodologies (eg., evaluative feedback and self-report) that are vulnerable to experimenter demand effects, response selection biases, and the influence of autobiographical memories. In addition, the results from these studies have been mixed, leading to no firm evidence for the existence of a depression-linked interpretative bias for ambiguous material. In order to avoid the limitations that have plagued subjective research, the present study utilised two of the most promising objective physiological measures of assessing interpretation: the Rapid Serial Viewing Presentation (RSVP) procedure and the affective modulation of the human eye blink reflex. The modified RSVP experiment recorded the reaction time of participants reading a textual scenario that was composed of an opening ambiguous sentence and various emotionally valenced continuations. Interpretation of the ambiguous sentence could be inferred from the reaction time as comprehension latency is inversely related to perceived plausibility. The affective modulation experiment recorded the blink amplitudes of participants startled while performing an imagery task. Blink amplitudes are augmented by negative stimuli and inhibited by hedonic stimuli. Thus, the affective interpretation of ambiguous stimuli could be inferred from the size of the recorded blink response. The results of both experiments did not support the predictions made by cognitive theory. There was no difference in the reaction time responses to the various textual stimuli between 2 depressed outpatients and healthy controls. However, antidepressant medication did have an influence upon the ability of patients to correctly judge the plausibility of the emotionally valenced continuation sentences. With regard to the eye blink experiment, there was also no difference between the depressed outpatients and the controls in terms of size of blink amplitude to the various categories of affective stimuli. Depressive, ambiguous, and distorted stimuli did not augment blink amplitudes in healthy controls or depressed patients without social anxiety disorder. However, depressed patients with a comorbid diagnosis of social anxiety disorder did react to the ambiguous stimuli in an aversive and anxious manner as indicated by increased blink amplitudes. This may be due to the social aspect of the experimental context, which engenders fears of evaluation and performance anxiety. The eye blink procedure can therefore be compromised by group selection, as the comorbidity of anxiety and depression can confound the investigation of depression-linked interpretative biases. In addition, the failure of depressive stimuli to augment blink amplitudes may render the procedure insensitive to the selection of such biases

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Coffman, Jami L. "Counterfactual thinking and depression." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941713.

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This study explored the relationship between counterfactual thinking and depressive self-schemata. Specifically, the effect of depression on the focus, direction, and action versus inaction of counterfactual thoughts was studied. It was found that the positive and negative outcome events containing action resulted in a greater range of affect (regret and joy) for the depressed group, and positive and negative outcome events with inaction resulted in greater affect (regret and joy) for the nondepressed group. The depressed and nondepressed groups did not differ in their focus on the self or other within their counterfactual thoughts in response to a positive or negative eventAlso, no differences between the depressed and nondepressed groups use of upward and downward counterfactual thoughts were found.
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Sawatzky, Dana Lynn. "Hopelessness in the social domain social hopelessness, depressive predictive certainty, stress, and depression /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq27321.pdf.

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Hagembe, Juliana L. "Comparison of a combination of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, to either therapy alone, for treatment of depression." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41709822.

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Sheth, Niyati. "Conditional reasoning in depression /." View online, 2009. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211131598952.pdf.

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Nieuwsma, Jason A. "Depression beliefs in northern India and the United States a cross-cultural study /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2065700121&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Lightbody, Catherine Elizabeth. "Detecting depression following a stroke." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2007. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/18989/.

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The assessment of depression in patients following a stroke is complex with the consequence that there are few well validated tools to aid identification. The aim of this thesis was to examine a range of approaches to detecting depression in people who have suffered a stroke. A series of three studies was performed ( casenote review, feasibility study and main study) exploring the effectiveness of different strategies for diagnosing and screening for depression in hospitalised stroke patients. The casenote review included 159 patients; median age 74 years (IQR 68-79), 86 (54.1 %) were male. The Psychology Assistant assessed patients using a clinical interview, and found 78 (55%) patients were depressed. The MDT often identified depression in patients who were not depressed (sensitivity 96.6%; specificity 15.2%). It was also apparent that there was no systematic assessment or recording of depression following a stroke. The feasibility study piloted validation of the Geriatric Mental State [GMS-AGECAT] and the Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) as diagnostic interviews when performed by the research nurse in comparison to the "gold standard" the Psychiatrist. In addition the utility of an observational screening tool, the Signs of Depression Scale [SODS] for mood problems in people who have had a stroke, including those with cognitive and communication problems, was explored. The feasibility study informed some minor changes to the main study, which was undertaken. Seventy-four patients were seen by both the research nurse and by the Psychiatrist and were therefore included in the main analysis. The median age was 70 (IQR, 59-78) and 40 (54%) were male. Nearly half (49%) had abnormal communication with only 10% having normal memory function. According to the Psychiatrist, 27 (36%) patients were depressed. According to the research nurse, the GMS AGECAT and the MADRS classified 32/74 (43%) and 38/71 (54%) patients respectively as depressed. Relative to the psychiatric interview, the GMS-AGECA T had a sensitivity of 66. 7% and a specificity of 70.2%. The MAD RS had a sensitivity of 80.8% and a specificity of 62.2%. Seventy-one patients had the SODS completed by a ward nurse, 55 by a therapist and 31 by a carer.

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Graham, Judith A. "Coping with depression how Christians can help /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1155.

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Gortner, Eric Tomas. "Cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression : relapse prevention /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9041.

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Junior, Clovis Alexandrino da Silva. "Epidemiologia dos subtipos de depressão: análise de classes latentes dos sintomas depressivos em uma amostra populacional da região Metropolitana de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5142/tde-01102012-162421/.

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Introdução. A depressão é uma síndrome clínica heterogênea caracterizada por perfis sintomatológicos distintos. Contudo, raros são os estudos que investigaram subtipos depressivos na comunidade e seus correlatos sociodemográficos e clínicos, diferenciando-os quanto à apresentação de acordo com o gênero. Métodos. Utilizou-se o banco de dados do Estudo São Paulo Megacity. Entraram na análise 1.212 sujeitos (869 mulheres e 343 homens) que responderam sobre a presença ou ausência dos sintomas constantes no módulo de depressão do questionário WMH-CIDI. Foi usado o método de análise de classes latentes (ACL). Critérios estatísticos (como o Critério de Informação Bayesiano [BIC] e a entropia) foram empregados para a determinação do número de classes que melhor classificava os sujeitos. Após a obtenção dos modelos mais adequados, as classes foram validadas por correlatos sociodemográficos e clínicos, utilizando-se regressão logística multinomial. Posteriormente, examinou-se a associação entre os subtipos depressivos e a utilização dos serviços de saúde ao longo da vida. Todas as análises foram realizadas no programa Mplus 6.12. Resultados. O melhor modelo de ACL para a amostra geral foi o de 3 classes denominadas Melancólica (37,8%), Atípica (17,83%) e Leve (44,37%). Os sujeitos da classe Atípica apresentaram elevada probabilidade de irritabilidade (81,8%) e ansiedade (90,7%). No modelo final ajustado, pertencer à classe Melancólica associou-se significativamente com: transtorno do espectro bipolar; transtorno de ansiedade; dependência de álcool e drogas; maior incapacitação; e maior escolaridade. Mulheres na classe Atípica foram mais propensas a ter maior escolaridade e comorbidade com transtorno do espectro bipolar e transtorno de ansiedade. Na análise da subamostra de mulheres, o melhor modelo de ACL foi o de 3 classes, semelhantes ao modelo da amostra total: Melancólica (39,34%), Atípica (19,53%) e Leve (41,13%). No modelo final ajustado para o sexo feminino, a classe Melancólica associou-se significativamente com: transtorno do espectro bipolar; transtorno de ansiedade; dependência de álcool e drogas; transtorno disfórico pré-menstrual; e maior incapacitação. Mulheres desta classe, comparadas com às das outras classes, foram mais propensas a ter maior escolaridade e estarem separadas, divorciadas ou viúvas. A classe Atípica associou-se significativamente com: transtorno do espectro bipolar; transtorno de ansiedade; dependência de álcool e drogas; e maior escolaridade. Para o sexo masculino, o melhor modelo de ACL foi também o de 3 classes: Melancólica (40,37%), Agitada (19,56%) e Leve (40,07%). Praticamente todos os homens pertencentes à classe Agitada apresentaram agitação e ansiedade, e uma grande proporção (ao redor de 84%), irritabilidade. Ainda, os sujeitos desta classe apresentaram as maiores proporções de pensamento acelerado (43,9%), aumento de energia (10,6%) e tentativa de suicídio (10,5%), em um perfil de sintomas semelhante aos estados mistos. A classe Agitada associou-se significativamente com os transtornos do espectro bipolar, embora esta associação não tenha permanecido no modelo ajustado. A classe Melancólica entre os homens associou-se com transtorno de ansiedade e dependência de nicotina. Mesmo os sujeitos das classes mais sintomáticas relataram baixo uso de serviços ao longo da vida. Conclusões. Nosso estudo confirma que subtipos depressivos, como melancólico, atípico e agitado podem ser identificados em amostras da população geral, corroborando a heterogeneidade sintomatológica do construto de depressão das classificações atuais. Tanto os perfis sintomatológicos, como as comorbidades com outros transtornos psiquiátricos, como espectro bipolar, ansiedade e dependência de substâncias, têm implicações na escolha do tratamento. Estes resultados podem também contribuir para a determinação de melhores critérios e especificadores dos subtipos depressivos nas próximas edições do DSM e da CID
Introduction. Depression is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome characterized by distinct symptom profiles. However, few studies have investigated depressive subtypes in the community and their sociodemographic and clinical correlates, differentiating them on the presentation according to gender. Methods. Data comes from the São Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey. One thousand two hundred and twelve subjects (869 women and 343 men) entered in the analysis and responded to the presence or absence of symptoms of the depression module of the WMH-CIDI questionnaire. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used. Statistical criteria (such as the Bayesian Information Criteria [BIC] and entropy) were applied to the determination of the number of classes that best classified the subjects. After obtaining the most suitable models, the classes were validated by clinical and sociodemographic correlates, using multinomial logistic regression. We also later examined the association between depressive subtypes and lifetime health service utilization. All analyses were performed in the program Mplus 6.12. Results. The best LCA model for the overall sample was a 3-class model, which were named Melancholic (37.8%), Atypical (17.83%) and Mild (44.37%). Those in the Atypical class had a high probability of irritability (81.8%) and anxiety (90.7%). In the final adjusted model, being in the Melancholic class was significantly associated with: having a bipolar spectrum disorder; an anxiety disorder; alcohol and drug dependence; greater disability; and higher education. Women in the Atypical class were more likely to have higher education and comorbidity with bipolar spectrum disorder and anxiety disorder. In the analysis of the subsample of women, the best LCA model was a 3-class model, with classes similar to the model of the overall sample: Melancholic (39.34%), Atypical (19.53%) and Mild (41.13%). In the final adjusted model for females, the Melancholic class was significantly associated with: bipolar spectrum disorder; anxiety disorder; alcohol and drug dependence; premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and greater disability. Women in this class, as compared to those in other classes, were more likely to have higher education and be separated, divorced or widowed. The Atypical class was significantly associated with: bipolar spectrum disorder; anxiety disorder; alcohol and drug dependence; and higher education. For males, the best LCA model was also a 3-class model: Melancholic (40.37%), Agitated (19.56%) and Mild (40.07%). Virtually all men belonging to Agitated class endorsed agitation and anxiety, and a large proportion (around 84%), irritability. In addition, respondents belonging to this class presented the highest proportions of racing thought (43.9%), increased energy (10.6%), and suicide attempt (10.5%), in a symptom profile similar to mixed states. The Agitated class was significantly associated with bipolar spectrum disorders, although this association did not remain in the adjusted model. The Melancholic class among men was associated with anxiety disorder and nicotine dependence. Even subjects of more symptomatic classes reported low lifetime use of services. Conclusions. Our study confirms that depressive subtypes such as melancholic, atypical and agitated can be identified in samples from the general population, corroborating the symptomatologic heterogeneity of the construct of depression of current classifications. Both symptom profiles and comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar spectrum, anxiety and substance dependence, have implications for the choice of treatment. These results may also contribute to establishing better criteria and specifiers of depressive subtypes in future editions of DSM and ICD

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Stols, Gabriël Jacobus. "Paediatric bipolar disorder and the lived experience of parents: a systematic review." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/6040.

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Many international studies have been conducted on paediatric bipolar disorder, but few research studies have been conducted on parenting a child diagnosed with bipolar disorder, both on an international and national level. The researcher utilised Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory as the theoretical framework in exploring and describing this research field. The study has been conducted by means of a systematic review and all of the articles included in the review examined some aspect of parenting and paediatric bipolar disorder. The articles were systematically assessed, and six themes emerged which include: paediatric bipolar on the rise; the effects of paediatric bipolar disorder, post-paediatric bipolar disorder; managing paediatric bipolar disorder is a family responsibility; foundations for effective parenting; and supporting parents of a paediatric bipolar patient.

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Bieling, Peter J. "Sociotropy and autonomy and the interpersonal model of depression, an integration." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25016.pdf.

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Gollan, Jackie K. "Posttreatment predictors of depression relapse following cognitive behavior therapy /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9005.

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Song, Yuqing. "Two-year prospective study of the natural course and risk factors of depressive symptoms in Chinese college students." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2009. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43572042.

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Mensforth, Helen Lestelle. "An examination of different explanations of gender differences in depression using a sample of midlife women /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phm5488.pdf.

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Berk, Laura Ellen. "Personality, depression, and personal standards." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ59553.pdf.

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Ramel, Wiveka. "Neural substrates of cognitive vulnerability to depression /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3161971.

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Vargas, Gray. "Cognitive and emotional aspects of error responsiveness in depressive college students." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2006. http://thesis.haverford.edu/170/01/2006VargasG.pdf.

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Walker, Marie. "Creativity and depression : personality correlates of depression in autobiographies of creative versus non-creative achievers." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=67522.

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This study focused on depression-proneness in the creative achiever compared to the eminent but non-creative achiever. Forty-eight subjects' (25 male, 23 female) autobiographies were assessed on personality using the California Q-Set (Block, 1961). Creative achievers were divided into visual and literary creators while the control group was made up of political, military and social leaders. The Q-Set items were divided into the five factors of personality (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness) according to McCrae, Costa and Busch (1986). Using factor analysis, neuroticism was further divided into 6 facets, two of which corresponded to Costa and McCrae's depression and impulsivity items. Results showed that creative achievers scored significantly higher than controls on neuroticism and openness, while controls scored significantly higher on conscientiousness. Creative achievers rated significantly higher than controls on depression-proneness and impulsivity, with literary artists scoring particularly high on depression-proneness. Creativity as a method for controlling depression is discussed.

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Dienes, Kimberly Ann. "The biopsychosocial model of risk for depression." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1627039411&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Ramos, Ana Maria da Cruz. "Cuidar da pessoa com depressão junto da comunidade." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/14918.

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Introdução: A depressão encontra-se reconhecida no Plano Nacional de Saúde 2000-2010 como um problema primordial de saúde pública. Parece clara, a necessidade de aquisição de competências em saúde mental e psiquiatria no cuidar da pessoa adulta com depressão. Objectivo: Relatar o desenvolvimento de competências no processo de avaliação diagnóstica, no âmbito da enfermagem de saúde mental e psiquiatria. Metodologia: A relação terapêutica entre os intervenientes, a entrevista clínica e a entrevista de ajuda permitiram o conhecimento do outro e foram utilizadas como meio de acção. Resultados: A melhoria verificada nos utentes face à diminuição da tristeza, sono, ocupação e lazer e redução da ansiedade espelham as competências desenvolvidas. Conclusões: A mobilização de um conjunto de saberes e conhecimentos, assim como o reforço de características inerentes às competências específicas dos enfermeiros especialistas em Saúde Mental e Psiquiatria, permitiram a compreensão dos processos de sofrimento do utente com depressão; ABSTRACT: Introduction: Depression is recognized in the National Health Plan 2000-2010 as a major public health problem. It seems clear, the need to acquire skills in mental health and psychiatry in the care of adult with depression. Objective: To report the development of skills in the process of diagnostic evaluation in the context of mental health nursing and psychiatry. Methods: The therapeutic relationship between the actors, the clinical interview and the help interview, allowed the knowledge the other and were used as means of action. Results: The improvements for the individuals address the reduction of sadness, sleep, leisure and reduction of anxiety demonstrate developed skills. Conclusions: The mobilization of a set of knowledge and expertise, as well as strengthening the inherent characteristics of the specific skills of specialist nurses in Mental Health and Psychiatry, helped understand the processes of the user suffering with depression.

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Vang, May. "Depression and coping among Hmong refugees." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3300.

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Grassia, Marie. "A prospective test of rumination as a moderator of the link between negative events and depressive symptoms." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2007.

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O'Connor, Elsa. "Emerging portraits of chronic depression in life narratives of women and men /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7637.

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Ramalho, Ana Pontes. "Intervenção psicomotora em saúde mental." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25370.

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O presente Relatório de Estágio tem como objetivo geral descrever toda a experiência que foi adquirida no âmbito do Estágio do Mestrado em Psicomotricidade que decorreu no Departamento de Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental, no Hospital de Dia e no Internamento. Os objetivos específicos do estágio foram os seguintes: contextualizar a prática Psicomotora num serviço de Saúde Mental; descrever a intervenção psicomotora em casos individuais e grupos terapêuticos e verificar o impacto de uma intervenção psicomotora em dois estudos de caso com experimentação individual, enquadrando-se na Perturbação Depressiva e na Perturbação Obsessivo-Compulsiva. Os instrumentos utilizados para avaliar os utentes nos momentos pré e pós-intervenção foram os seguintes: Bateria Psicomotora de Vitor da Fonseca, Mini Mental State Examination, Escala de Observação de Louvain e Esquema de Tensões. Concluiu-se que a intervenção psicomotora é essencial no trabalho multidisciplinar para os indivíduos com perturbações ao nível da saúde mental; ABSTRACT: Psychomotor Intervention in Mental Health This probationary report’s main objective is to describe all the experience attained in the internship of the master’s degree in Psychomotricity, which was held in the Psychiatry and Mental Health Department more specifically in the day hospital and hospital stay facilities. The specific aims of the internship were the following: Contextualize the psychomotor practice in a Mental Health service; describe the psychomotor intervention in both individual cases and therapeutic groups, and verify the impact of an individual intervention in two case studies framed in the Depressive Disorder and the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The measuring methods utilized to assess the patients in pre and post intervention moments were the following: Psychomotor Battery of Vítor da Fonseca, Mini Mental State Examination, Observation scale of Louvain and Esquema de Tensões. It was conclude that psychomotor interventions are essential in a multidisciplinary service to patients suffering from mental health disorders.

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Feder, Caryn Ann 1964. "The effects of threats to self-esteem on depression." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558087.

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Hicks, Shelley. "Concurrent Validity of the Clinical Assessment of Depression with the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition." TopSCHOLAR®, 2005. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/499.

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Depression is a disorder that can affect every aspect of one's life, ranging from physical health issues to interpersonal relationship difficulties. Therefore, it is imperative that the depressive symptoms of college students be identified, evaluated, and treated. Self-report measures are a common technique to identify depressive symptomatology in individuals and assist in diagnosis and treatment. Existing measures are often used as a criterion by which to validate the psychometric properties and effectiveness of newly designed, self-report measures. The purpose of this investigation was to explore the concurrent validity of a newly published self-report measure of depression, the Clinical Assessment of Depression (CAD; Bracken & Howell, 2004) with an existing measure, the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996). The sample used for this investigation consisted of 125 college students (38 males and 87 females) ranging in age from 18 to 52 years. Internal consistencies for the sample were computed for the BDI-II and the CAD and were found to be in the acceptable range with computed coefficient alphas from r - .87 to .97. Significant, moderate to strong positive correlations were found between the CAD total score and the CAD subscales with the BDI-II total score and ranged from .55 to .97. This study also investigated gender differences on both measures. Independent f-tests were computed and found no significant difference between male and female mean scores on either the CAD or the BDI-II. Classification consistency between the CAD diagnosis of depression and the BDI-II diagnosis of depression using the BDI-II as the criterion was 82%. The measures have high consistency when identifying individuals as falling within a clinically significant diagnostic category of depression. Overall, results indicate that the CAD is a valid measure of depressive symptomatology in college students.

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Kobe, Frank H. III. "Depression in Children with Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392812462.

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Kobe, Frank H. "Depression in children with mental retardation and developmental disabilities /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487688507504852.

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Siney, Ryan Patrick O'Leary Virginia E. "Attributions and depression across cultures." Auburn, Ala., 2005. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2005%20Fall/Thesis/SINEY_RYAN_37.pdf.

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Cohen, Tina S. "Death and the pub : a discourse analysis of men's talk about mental health, mental illness and mental health sevices." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2012. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/804776/.

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Despite the prediction that religion would wane in the 21st century, evidence suggests otherwise. It is important therefore for mental health professionals to understand the role of religion in the lives of their clients and to appreciate its impact on mental health. Research suggests a moderate inverse relationship between religion and depression and anxiety with some cross-cultural support. The relationship is however complex and context needs to be taken into account. The effect of culture and the importance of intrinsic religiosity are discussed. Much research is conducted in the US in the field of psychiatry, suggesting a gap in the British psychological literature. Some implications for clinical practice are discussed. The interplay between religion, culture and wellbeing is discussed

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Krippner, Kevin M. "Effects of an intake interview on client anxiety and depression." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/535904.

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The basic purpose of the study was to examine the effects of intake interviews an the anxiety and depression of clients. It was hypothesized that intake interviews would reduce symptomology, as it has been shown that even brief interactions with clinicians can be beneficial. Gender of both client and counselor were also examined for main effects and/or interactions. No difference in symptomology based on gender of client or counselor was anticipated.Two hundred ninety-nine adult out-patients of a university training practicum clinic were administered anxiety and depression inventories either before or after intake interviews. Intake interviews were performed by doctoral or masters level students assigned to fellowship duties at the clinic.The intake interview consisted of two parts. The First part was the gathering of relevant demographic information and questions which solicited information about the problems clients were experiencing which prompted the need For counseling. The second part of the intake consisted of a testing battery composed of the Beck Depression Inventory (SDI), Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Tennessee Self-Concept Scale CTSCS). Only the BDI and State component of the STAI were used in the study.Each of the parts in the intake took approximately 45 minutes to complete. Intakes were scheduled in two-hour time blocks which allowed sufficient time For completion of the entire intake. The experimental manipulation was accomplished by having counselors alternate the order of the interview and assessment battery.The design of the study was a 2 x 2 x 2 (order of interview/assessment battery, client gender, counselor gender). Analysis of the data was performed using a Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) procedure.There were no significant results for any of the BDI score analyses, and only one significant result For the STAI score analyses. The intake interview was not found to affect the anxiety or depression of clients, failing to support the main hypothesis of the study. Depression and anxiety were also not affected by client gender. However, anxiety was significantly lower for clients of Female vs. male counselors. Depression was not affected. No interactions were found to be significant.
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Abd, Yusof Noor Fazilla. "Computational approaches to depression analysis : from detection to intention analysis." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2018. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=238393.

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The proliferation of social media-based research on mental health offers exciting possibilities to complement traditional methods in mental health care. As ascertained by psychology experts, the online platform should get priority over offline as it offers considerably reliable diagnosis than granted in person. Early detection does not only alleviate the effects of depression on the patient but also benefits the whole community. In this thesis, we explore computational methods in tackling some of the research challenges in depression analysis and make four contributions to the body of knowledge. First, we develop a binary classification model for classifying depression-indicative text from social media. We propose three feature engineering strategies and assess the effectiveness of supervised model to enhance the classification performance in predicting posts indicate depression. To tackle the short and sparse social media data, we particularly integrate the coherent sentiment-topic extracted from the topic model. Additionally, we propose strategies to investigate the effectiveness of affective lexicon in the task of depression classification. Second, we propose a computational method for analysing potential causes of depression from text. With this study, we demonstrate the ability to employ the topic model to discover the potential factors that might lead to depression. We show the most prominent causes and how it evolved over time. Furthermore, we highlight some differences in causes triggered between two different groups, i.e. high-risk of depression and low-risk. Hence, this study significantly expands the ability to discover the potential factors that trigger depression, making it possible to increase the efficiency of depression treatment. Third, we develop a computational method for monitoring the psychotherapy outcome from the individual psychotherapy counselling. Third, we develop a computational method for monitoring the psychotherapy outcome from the individual psychotherapy counselling. By doing this, we show the possibilities of utilising the topic model to track the treatment progress of each patient by assessing the sentiment and topic discussed throughout the course of psychotherapy treatment. Fourth, we propose an unsupervised method called split over-training for identifying user's intention expressed in social media text. We develop a binary classification model for classifying intentions in texts. With this study, we want to show the possibility of applying the intention analysis in mental health domain. Overall, we demonstrate how computational analysis can be fully utilised to benefit clinical settings in mental health analysis. We suggest that more future work could be further explored to complement the traditional settings in mental health care.

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Lee, Chu-kee Angel, and 李珠璣. "Incidence, predictors and implications of depression after stroke." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39634358.

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Murphy, Barbara, and barbara murphy@heartresearchcentre org. "Adult attachment syle and vulnerability to depression." Swinburne University of Technology, 2000. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060503.093321.

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This thesis explores the utility of Attachment Theory (Bowlby, 1969; 1973; 1980) as a framework for understanding both the personality and cognitive processing styles associated with depression and vulnerability to depression. In two separate but related studies, the present investigation identified depressive personality characteristics and depressive cognitive processing styles associated with each of the styles of adult attachment defined by Bartholomew and Horowitz's (1991) four-category attachment model. Using self-report data from a sample of 305 respondents (225 female; 80 male), Study 1 explored associations among each of the adult attachment styles and sociotropic and autonomous personality-based vulnerabilities to depression (Beck, 1983). Extending the work of Zuroff and Fitzpatrick (1995; Study 2), associations among the attachment styles and the specific components of the two depressive personality styles, as defined by Robins et al. (1994), were examined. Using cued recall of autobiographical memories for a subsample of 44 of the same respondents (35 female; 9 male), Study 2 explored attachment style group differences in autobiographical memory retrieval, thereby identifying specific depressive cognitive processing biases associated with each adult attachment style. Past research has focused on the assessment of memory accessibility, using either recall latency (Mikulincer & Orbach, 1995; Mikulincer, 1998a) or memory generality (Tasker, MacLeod & Maynard, 1996) to indicate accessibility. In the present study, both latency and generality were used as indicators of memory accessibility, and the content of memories was also examined. In addition, use of a four-category rather than a three-category measure of attachment style permitted distinction of cognitive biases for the fearful-avoidant and dismissive-avoidant styles. The present findings support a notion that the two adult attachment styles understood to be characterised by a negative self-view, namely fearful and preoccupied attachment, are associated with depressive vulnerability. Replicating previous findings (Carnelley, Pietromonaco & Jaffe, 1994), both the fearful and preoccupied styles were associated with state depression and with perceptions of negative parental bonding. The fearful style in particular was associated with perceptions of 'affectionless control' in childhood. As the major focus of this thesis, the fearful and preoccupied attachment styles were each associated with both personality styles and cognitive processing deficits which have previously been linked with depression and depressive vulnerability. In terms of personality styles (Study I), the fearful attachment style was broadly associated with the autonomous personality style, whereas the preoccupied attachment style was broadly associated with the sociotropic personality style, as previously demonstrated by Zuroff and Fitzpatrick (1995; Study 2). By focusing on associations with the individual components of the autonomous and sociotropic vulnerabilities, as defined by Robins et al. (1994), the more specific 'depressive' personality characteristics were identified for both these insecure attachment styles. In particular, the findings suggest that a fearful attachment style involves both avoidant and self-critical characteristics, whereas a preoccupied attachment style involves both dependent and self-critical characteristics. In terms of cognitive processing deficits (Study 2), fearful individuals had difficulty accessing autobiographical memories, indicated by delayed memory recall and reduced memory specificity across a range of memory cues. Indeed, these individuals demonstrated a globalised 'mnemonic interlock' typical of depressed individuals (Williams, 1996) and their memories were predominantly negative in content. In contrast, preoccupied individuals demonstrated a ruminative cognitive processing style, indicated by relatively fast recall of predominantly specific and negative memories across a range of memory cues. However, these individuals had difficulty accessing personally-relevant memories of abandonment, arguably due to both encoding and retrieval deficits emanating from their hypersensitivity to abandonment experiences. Dismissive attachment was associated with the avoidant but not the self-critical aspect of the autonomous personality style and involved a repressive cognitive processing style. This repressive style was indicated by delayed recall of specific negative memories. Nonetheless, unlike the fearful and preoccupied styles, dismissive attachment was not shown to be associated with state depression, suggesting that an avoidant attachment style does not necessarily contribute to depressive vulnerability. Instead, dismissive individuals' use of defensive repression of negative affects and memories appears to be an effective coping mechanism in the maintenance of a positive self-concept and a non-self-critical approach. Furthermore, in light of self-narrative models of personality (e.g., McAdams, 1993; Bruhn, 1990; 1992; 1995; Singer & Salovey, 1993), dismissive individuals' easy access to positive memories, particularly personally-relevant memories of independence, can be viewed as maintaining their positive self-concept. Overall, the findings of the present thesis support the proposition that Attachment Theory provides a framework for understanding both the personality and cognitive processing styles associated with depression. Indeed, the findings suggest that the fearful and preoccupied adult attachment styles can both be regarded as constituting vulnerability factors for depression. As expected, the fearful attachment style was highlighted as conferring greater depressive vulnerability. Thus, the findings provide further insight into the factors involved in the onset and maintenance of depression and highlight the importance of assessing adult attachment style during therapy for depression. Other clinical implications, as well as directions for future research, are outlined.

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Grinstead, Kelley. "The effect of birth order on depression /." View online, 1998. http://repository.eiu.edu/theses/docs/32211130723119.pdf.

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Fletcher, Laura B. "Depression in chronic pain syndromes determining causation /." Online version, 1999. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1999/1999fletcherl.pdf.

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Kim, Jaclyn. "Christian Ferras and His Struggle with Depression." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10840357.

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Musicians often feel the extremes of highs and lows based on the nature of their work. In order to effectively communicate with an audience, the performer needs to express his or her musical ideas. This form of expression leaves the performer vulnerable, since the audience may either enjoy or disapprove of the performer’s interpretation. With each performance, musicians are evaluated or judged by their peers and audiences as to whether or not they have performed at a level expected. Additionally, to have a successful performance, a musician must put on a good show in order to communicate to the audience. If the performance is not positively received by the audience, the performer may feel ashamed or embarrassed, and may even think that the severe reception reflects the performer’s lack of aptitude as a musician. Furthermore, since musicians dedicate so much of their lives and time to practicing, preparing, and performing, oftentimes their identity revolves around being a successful musician. To speak to the audience successfully, a musician must be vulnerable with his or her performance. However, vulnerability can lead to degradation, and thus, a breakdown of mental health. An unfavorable critique of their performance may also make them feel inadequate as a human and professional. Therefore, musicians often suffer different types of anxiety connected with their performances. Depression is one dominant mental health issue prevalent in many musicians.

Not only is it the professional nature of the musicians’ work that highlights their depression, it is also the creative component of their work that intensifies their depression. Such was the case with Christian Ferras, a French violinist born in 1933. Ferras was considered a prodigy as a violinist and performed with many well known conductors, orchestras, and accompanists. Unfortunately, he battled with his depression throughout his career. Ferras took some time off from performing and teaching from 1967–1975, but ultimately was not able to regain the career that he wanted. In 1982 at the age of forty-nine, Ferras committed suicide by jumping out of his Paris apartment window.

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Esbensen, Anna Johanna. "Depression in individuals with mental retardation an evaluation of cognitive theories /." Connect to this title online, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1085591280.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2004.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 185 p.; also includes graphics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-145). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Cameron, Karen L. "Older Homeless Women with Depression." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195368.

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This qualitative descriptive study described how seven older homeless women with depression characterized their homelessness, depression, and aging. The women, with a mean age of 54 years, were concerned with day-to-day survival, and contemplating aging while remaining homeless was frightening. The women described feeling depressed and most had received treatment for depression; however they did not describe their depression as hindering their ability to find housing. The themes were aging, homelessness, depression, and chronic health conditions. Homelessness contained the subthemes of addictions, loss of relationships, and lack of income. Depression contained the subthemes of history, experience, and treatment of depression. Although chronic health conditions and chronic pain were concerns for all participants, only one woman had access to ongoing health care. The majority of the women had no income. Nearly all the women had attended school beyond high school but this did not translate into better paying employment because most of them had worked at jobs with no benefits. Implications for policy development included expanding the safety net to provide housing options for homeless women in the 50-60 year range. Recommendations for practitioners included the suggestion that older homeless women be viewed as geriatric clients with care provided at that level. Future research should explore the connection between addictions and homelessness for older homeless women, the impact of chronic pain or chronic illness on their daily functioning, and the potential benefits of treating older homeless women according to standards of care developed for the geriatric general population.

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Yip, Nga-ting Keziah. "Factors associated with depressive symptoms in Hong Kong : a cross-sectional survey /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/b3972430x.

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Mongrain, Myriam. "Origins of depressed affect in dependent and self-critical individuals." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35396.

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Cognitive, motivational, and emotional contributors to depressive affect were investigated in dependent and self-critical college students. In the first study, Dependency and Self-Criticism were related to anaclitic and introjective dysfunctional cognitions which explained part of the variance in perceived stress for events involving loss and failure respectively. In the second study, the personality styles were related to different motive dispositions including achievement, affiliation and intimacy. Dependency and Self-Criticism were also related to motivational characteristics which were significant predictors of positive and negative affect. In the third study, Dependency was linked to the occurrence of romantic relationship stressors and Self-Criticism to academic stressors. Both personality styles were related to greater ambivalence over emotional expression, which significantly predicted depression. The variables from the cognitive, motivational, and emotional domains, and stress, were combined in an integrative vulnerability model for depression.

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Hanley, Neil T. "Biased estimates in depressive realism : effects of mood, motivation, valence, response frequency and outcome density." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100616.

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Several past studies have identified that dysphoric undergraduates (those with depressed mood) sometimes give estimates of their control over outcomes closer to the actual contingency than estimates made by the nondepressed. This "depressive realism" phenomenon is typically found in tasks with zero control and frequent outcomes. The present paper investigates this phenomenon with a more powerful design for comparing estimates. Experiment 1 manipulated motivation for accuracy to compare the prevalent self-serving motivational bias explanation to an information processing bias perspective. Depressive realism was found under the typical conditions, but under conditions of higher motivation for accuracy, all participants overestimated their control on the key task. Response patterns appeared to influence estimates via the proportion of exposure to different trial events. Experiment 2 confirmed an influence of response frequency on estimate bias. In Experiment 3 the depressive realism pattern was found for positively valent outcomes, but the reverse pattern occurred for negatively valent outcomes. Both those with and without depressed mood showed biased processing on some tasks. The implications for contingency processing in depressives and the general population are addressed.

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Hill, Emma Louise. "A novel decentering and perspective broadening training intervention for major depressive disorder." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.707975.

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