title: Depression and marital interaction.
abstract: A family-systems model of depression is presented and discussed. In this model, the intrapsychic concept of cognitive schema and the interpersonal concepts of social stimulation and social reingorcement are integrated within a systems-theory perspective. The effects of positive and negative feedback are delineated, and a concept of depression-triggering and depression-maintaining feedback loops is described. A clinical illustration is utilized to exemplify the theoretical model.
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005190:Family; D005196:Family Therapy; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D012056:Reinforcement, Social; D012649:Self Concept; D013597:Systems Analysis