Beck's cognitive triad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. In cognitive therapy, a set of three mutually reinforcing elements of a depressed person's belief system: automatic, spontaneous and seemingly uncontrollable negative thoughts about (i) oneself, (ii) the world or environment, and (iii) the future.

Word forms

Beck's cognitive triad

Etymology

Proposed by American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck in 1976.

Related words

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