CBT for depression and Martin Seligman
The seventh episode of the CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) series is about how CBT treats depression, what Martin Seligman's “learned helplessness” experiments really showed, and why their authors turned the theory around fifty years later. Why it matters to you: you'll be able to tell clinical depression from a low mood, see why action often comes first in depression, and weigh up soberly what therapy, pills and their combination offer. This is education, not therapy or diagnosis; decisions about medication are made only together with a doctor.
How to go through an episodeVideo, cards, notes, test the next day, review in a week
- Video or slidesWatch the episode or flip through the slides. Soon on YouTube @seitopsy
- CardsGo through the cards chapter by chapter: recall, flip, answer. You are here
- NotesRead “In short” and “Key takeaways”. The rest is a reference: come back to a chapter when you need it. Open the notes
- Final test: the next dayQuestions on every chapter, on the course page. A day later it shows what has really stuck.
- Review in a week10 questions. A reminder appears on the course page and in Learn.