Before behavioural science's ascendancy and the dominance of CBT as a dominant treatment choice for depression, Dollard and Miller were working on a more existential framework for understanding the roots of aggression, called the Frustration-Aggression hypothesis. Dollard and Miller's Aggression-Frustration Hypothesis as a way of understanding depression has been neglected in recent years. I am interested in exploring the current relevance of the Aggression-Frustration Hypothesis in understanding depression - if depression can be construed as internalised rage/aggression how is that linked to externalised aggression/irritability? Are there any links between aggression/irritability and anxiety? any links with one's ability to self-sooth? tolerance of vulnerable feelings? resilience?

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