Depression: From Psychopathology To Pathophysiology
Key Messages
This review aimed to provide a coherent view of the underlying psychopathology and pathophysiology of depression by integrating findings from cognitive psychology and neurobiology.
Cognitive psychology has developed a model of depression, which involves dysfunctional processes including self-referential schemas, cognitive biases, rumination, and over-general thinking.
In terms of neurobiology, these cognitive processes appear to occur in the context of functional alterations in specific brain networks.
Background & Purpose
The following is a summary of Belzung C, Willner P, Philippot P. Depression: from psychopathology …