Question

Delia has had a tough year. She is recently divorced and her last child just moved out.

She feels as if she is in a dead-end job and has few friends.
She seeks treatment for depression(symptoms include: tearfulness, insomnia, lack of motivation, headaches, and social withdrawal).

Select two of the following treatment approaches/theories:

a)Biomedical

b)Analytical (Insight)

c)Behavioral

d)Cognitive.

Answer 1

Delia could benefit from biomedical treatments, such as antidepressants, as well as from cognitive therapy to address negative thought patterns associated with depression.

Step-by-step explanation:

Delia is seeking treatment for depression, and two appropriate treatment approaches for her might be biomedical treatment and cognitive therapy. The biomedical approach often involves prescription medications such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which increase serotonin levels in the brain and are commonly prescribed for depression. Cognitive therapy, developed by Aaron T. Beck, assumes that depression is associated with negative thought patterns, and aims to help patients identify and challenge these thoughts, often with lasting positive effects on mood and behavior.

It's important to remember that combining medication with cognitive therapy has been found to be particularly effective for treating major depression, addressing both biological and psychological aspects of the disorder.

Answer 2

Option (C)= behavioral and option (D)= cognitive theories.

Step-by-step explanation:

The term "depression'' is a feeling of severe dejection. The two theory I am going to pick and discuss are the Behavioral theory and the Cognitive theory.

Starting with the COGNITIVE THEORY. Cognitive theory was actually developed because of the failure of Behavioral theory. Cognitive theory was developed to address mental events, for example, feeling and thinking. Cognitive theory is said to be "cognitive'' because people with DEPRESSION think differently than people who are not depressed. And, because of this thoughts in their mind ,it allows depressed people to remain feeling hopeless about a subject matter even when their are evidence(s) that shows that things will change for good.

The BEHAVIORAL THEORY tends to discuss and explain human behavior through the analysis of antecedents coupled with the consequences in the depressed's interactions with his or her surroundings. Behavioral theory tend to explain that our responses to environmental stimuli shape our actions.