The Cognitive Approach to Explaining the Etiology of Depressive Disorders

question 214

Multiple Choice

The cognitive approach to explaining the etiology of depressive disorders maintains that people who are more likely to develop depressive disorders tend to do all of the following EXCEPT

• A) attribute their setbacks to personal flaws instead of to situational factors.
• B) ruminate about, or dwell over, their depression.
• C) misinterpret harmless situations as threatening.
• D) have a pessimistic explanatory style.

Identify effective strategies for patient education and information delivery.

Understand the relevance of cultural, age-specific, and condition-specific considerations in communication.

Recognize the importance of the nurse's role and identity in patient communication.

Learn about the phases of the therapeutic relationship and their significance.

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Definitions:

Maximin Criterion

A decision-making rule used for minimizing the worst-case scenario loss.

Uncertainty

The state of having limited knowledge where it is impossible to exactly describe the existing state, a future outcome, or more than one possible outcome.

EMV

stands for Expected Monetary Value, a concept in risk management used to calculate the average outcome of future events and their financial impacts.