A mental health charity spokesperson recently declared:
'Antidepressants are a superficial solution to depression. Because depression is fundamentally a disorder of cognitive processing and negative schemas, psychological therapies are the only viable path to long-term recovery.'
With reference to depression, use your knowledge of biological and psychological explanations to assess the validity of this statement, comparing the effectiveness of biological and psychological treatments.
110 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Diagnosis of mental disorders (4 Ds), Classification systems (DSM and ICD), Schizophrenia and one other disorder, Treatments for the two disorders, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.