DepressionThe diagnostic features and the main explanatory models.PsychologyCore features and competing explanations.ElementDetailCore symptomsLow mood, loss of interest, most days, 2+ weeksCognitiveNegative triad; cognitive distortionsBehaviouralWithdrawal, reduced reinforcementBiologicalMonoamine hypothesis; HPA axis; heritabilityTreatmentCBT, behavioural activation, SSRIs, othersEducational reference, not medical advice. Beck's negative triad:negative views of the self, the world and the future.Depressionlearnposters.com
Depression — printable life science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Depression poster

A 5-row table: Element · Detail.

Core features and competing explanations.

Educational reference, not medical advice. Beck's negative triad: negative views of the self, the world and the future.

Questions about the Depression poster

What’s on the Depression poster?
A 5-row table: Element · Detail. Core features and competing explanations. Core symptoms — Low mood, loss of interest, most days, 2+ weeks; Cognitive — Negative triad; cognitive distortions; Behavioural — Withdrawal, reduced reinforcement; Biological — Monoamine hypothesis; HPA axis; heritability; Treatment — CBT, behavioural activation, SSRIs, others. Educational reference, not medical advice. Beck's negative triad: negative views of the self, the world and the future.
Who is the Depression poster for?
Depression belongs to the Psychology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning clinical & abnormal can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Depression poster?
Educational reference. If any of this describes you, speak to a doctor. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Depression belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Depression?
Addiction, Anxiety and Biological Treatments sit alongside Depression in the Psychology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AddictionAnxietyBiological Treatments
Is the Depression poster free to download and print?
Yes. Depression downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Psychology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Depression poster print at?
Depression is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Depression loses nothing.Printing guide

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