ers such as anxiety disorders, disruptive behaviour, or substance abuse disorders and with physical illnesses, such as diabetes. Although, the etiology of depression is multifactorial and intertwined, generally, psychologists believe that cognitive processes play a decisive role in human emotional behaviour.
             Theories of depression from cognitive perspective
             Cognitive theories of depression focus on the depressed person's self-defeating thought processes, beliefs and interpersonal factors, which emphasize how depressed people interact with others and view the world.
             Attribution theory has served as a useful framework for understanding the cause of the nature of interpersonal conflict and depression (Baron, 1990). The theory postulated that the roots of depression sometimes lie in people's patterns of attribution (Abramson, Seligman & Teasdale, 1978). Attributions are analysed along a number of dimensions: 1. internal; self-inference or own blame versus external factors, 2. unstable; temporal and
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