role of irrational beliefs in depression and anxiety a review角色抑郁和焦虑的非理性信念的审查.pdf

Vol.2, No.8, 862-877 (2010) HEALTH doi:10.4236/health.2010.28130 Role of irrational beliefs in depression and anxiety: a review K. Robert Bridges*, Richard J. Harnish * Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington, USA; Corresponding Author: krb3@ Received 23 February 2010; revised 19 April 2010; accepted 20 April 2010. ABSTRACT and variety of irrational beliefs measures appearing in the literature. Despite the importance of irrational beliefs Irrational beliefs play a central role in cognitive assessment, there have been no comprehensive reviews theory and therapy; they have been shown to be of the tests based on both the theories of Albert Ellis and related to a variety of disorders such as de- Aaron Beck currently available to clinicians and inves- pression and anxiety. Irrational beliefs, which tigators. can be assessed via clinical interviewing tech- Most of the tests of irrational beliefs developed thus niques, are frequently assessed by self-report far have grown out of the work of Ellis, who developed measures, both clinically and for research pur-