title: Social and cognitive approaches to depression: towards a new synthesis.
abstract: A description of a social-cognitive theory of depression is presented which combines the concepts of mental models, personal goals and social roles. An analysis is made of how a number of proposals about the onset of depression can be summarized as the loss of a valued goal or social role in an individual who has few other sources of self-worth. In subsequent sections, limitations of the theory are outlined, and the relationship between the present theory and other theories of depression is briefly considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, University of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Champion
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Power
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003071:Cognition; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008016:Life Change Events; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012380:Role; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support