PSYA 4 - Depression Research

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Across
  1. 3. Found drugs or CBT alone halved the risk of relapse in depressed people. (Biological Treatments)
  2. 5. Suggested that stressful life events may interact with genes to cause depression. (Psychological)
  3. 6. Found ECT helped people with depression. (Biological Treatments)
  4. 8. found that those treated with SSRI's were twice as likely to commit suicide. (Biological Treatments)
  5. 11. Found that the cerebrospinal fluid of depressed and suicidal people contained less by products of serotonin. (Biology)
  6. 12. Interviewed women in Camberwell and found a clear link between depression and stressful life events. (Psychological)
  7. 14. Found a version of a gene was carried by over 10% of depressed people, compared to only 2% healthy controls. (Biology)
  8. 15. Used PET scans and found reduced serotonergic transmission in people with depression. (Biology)
  9. 16. Found that depressed people have negative schemas and cognitive biases. (Psychological)
Down
  1. 1. Found that cognitive therapy halved peoples relapse compared to a placebo. (Psychological)
  2. 2. Studied a large number of students' attributional styles and found that after 2 years 17% of students who had negative attributional styles became depressed. (Psychological)
  3. 4. Found that SSRI's were no more effective than placebos in treating depression. (Biology)
  4. 7. Conducted a twin study of 200 twin pairs and found concordance rates of 46% for MZ twins and 20% for DZ twins. (Biology)
  5. 9. Found that depressed people gave more accurate estimates of the chance that a disaster would happen. (Psychological)
  6. 10. Found depression was linked to having a lack of social support. (Psychological)
  7. 13. Conducted a family study and found that 20% of the relatives of depressed people will develop depression. (Biology)