What Causes Depression and Why Youre Depressed @SelfHelpToons
What Causes Depression and Why Youre Depressed  @SelfHelpToons
Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Depression is caused by a number of factors that affect our predisposition to depression, and ability to tolerate life stressors. Learn the diathesis-stress model of depression and Aaron Beck's CBT model of depression and its implication for treating depression. Check out my Free Self-Help For Depression Course selfhelptoons.com/depression to learn how to treat and manage depression. To support my channel, please see the links below πŸ‘‡

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πŸ“– Beck AT, Bredemeier K. A Unified Model of Depression: Integrating Clinical, Cognitive, Biological, and Evolutionary Perspectives. Clinical Psychological Science. 2016;4(4):596-619. doi:10.1177/2167702616628523 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2167702616628523


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