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Is depression a dysfunction in self-regulating the brain/behavior system for approach?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Timothy J. Strauman
Timothy J. Strauman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53719-1176 tjstraum@facstaff.wisc.edu
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Abstract

This commentary examines the implications of the Depue & Collins model for the etiology and treatment of depression, specifically, whether it can account for findings concerning neurobiological, behavioral, and phenomenological facets of depression. Drawing upon the construct of self-regulation, I explore the fit of the model to current knowledge about depression, conceptualized as a dysfunction within a hypothetical brain/behavior system for maximizing positive outcomes.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 1999 , pp. 536 - 537
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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