Talk:Beck's cognitive triad

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There are many problems with this article; here are four things I would change about this article.

1. I would consider this article as plagiarism. I googled the first section of this article and found that the text also existed somewhere else. In e-Study Guide for: Acquiring Counseling Skills: Integrating Theory, Multiculturalism, and Self- Awareness by Kathryn MacCluskie, by Cram101 Textbook reviews.

Here is the text from the book: Beck’s cognitive triad: Beck’s cognitive triad is a triad of types of negative thought present in depression proposed by Aaron Beck in 1976. The triad forms part of his cognitive theory of depression. The triad involved negative thoughts about: - The self (i.e., self is worthless) - The world/environment (i.e., world is unfair, and - The future (i.e., future is hopeless).

And here is the text from the Wikipedia article: Beck's cognitive triad represents three types of negative thoughts present in depression, as proposed by Aaron Beck in 1976. The triad forms part of his cognitive theory of depression.

The triad involves negative thoughts about:

The self (i.e., the self is worthless)

• The world/environment (i.e., the world is unfair), and

• The future (i.e., the future is hopeless).

For this portion of the text, there are no citations or references provided. Therefore, it would be considered plagiarism. I would change this by re-writing this entire portion of the article and provide the citations necessary.

2. After the brief introduction of Beck’s cognitive triad, I would continue the article by giving a brief history of Aaron Beck.

3.The next section of this article is “in depression”. I would change this topic to The Cognitive Model of Depression.

4. The next section of this article would be discussing the concept of the cognitive triad, since only a brief introduction was provided in the beginning of the article.

In general, this article should be completely re-written due to the lack of organization and plagiarism Sche422 (talk) 23:06, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks for bringing these to my attention. I've tried to minimise the copyvios, but some may still exist if anyone wants to check for me. LoudLizard (📞 | contribs | ✉) 23:12, 2 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Regarding point 1 – please be aware that the Cram101 publications are well-known Wikipedia mirrors! They are one of those publishing houses that simply take Wikipedia content verbatim, slap their own copyright on it, and then sell it (in either electronic or print-on-demand forms) at exorbitant prices. Whenever you see a Cram101 publication, you can be nearly certain they're the one plagiarizing, not vice versa. Sadly, there are many of these sleazeballs out there; you can find Cram101 specifically mentioned here: Potentially_unreliable_sources. - Transitive Sam (talk) 05:09, 25 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Are you sure the lede should read like this? "Beck's cognitive triad, also known as the negative triad,[1][2] is an irrational and pessimistic view of the three key elements of a person's belief system present in depression." I am not a fan of the theory, but calling it "an irrational and pessimistic view" seems a bit harsh. Jackaroodave (talk) 16:39, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

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