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  • Taraji P Henson Talks Therapy, Feeling Helpless

    Taraji P Henson Talks Therapy, Feeling Helpless

    “I hope that one day we can all be free to talk about mental health and be okay with seeking help,” Henson said.

    Academy Award winner Taraji P Henson has become a fierce mental health advocate in recent years. Since launching the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation in honor of her late father who lived with mental illness, the Empire actress has shared her personal story in an effort to get people talking about mental health and hopefully inspiring members of the Black community to reach out for help.

    In an interview with Self magazine, the recently engaged actress got candid about mental health issues, having to be strong in the midst of helplessness and finding a good therapist with the help of a friend.

    “I hope that one day we can all be free to talk about mental health and be okay with seeking help,” she said.“There are some times where I feel absolutely helpless. That’s human. Everybody feels like that. Just because I’m a black woman, don’t put that strong-superhero thing on me.”

    Henson recognized that with a dayjob that consists of sometimes channeling negative emotions and invoking trauma, self-care is paramount so she found a productive way to recenter herself.

    Art As Therapy

    “Art is therapeutic for me,” she shared. “A lot of times when I have to reach these emotional places, I have to use things in my life, and a lot of times I’ve healed myself.”

    While art therapy has helped her deal with things, there were still other areas where Henson felt she had an opportunity to grow so she opted to enter talk therapy. 

    “I had aligned all my chakras, and I still wanted to headbutt a bitch,” she joked. “The therapy came into play out of necessity. It was [a] time where I was like, ‘Oh, I’m just not feeling like myself anymore,’ and my son was going through his issues with becoming a young black male in America with no dad and no grandad.” 

    In 2003, Henson’s son’s father was murdered and three years later her own father passed away.

    “It was like, ‘Okay, I’m not a professional. We both need help,’” she said.

    So Henson went in search of a therapist but like many, finding the right therapist for her needs was not as easy as she had hoped. But it would be her Empire co-star, Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe who would recommend the perfect therapist for Henson – one that just so happened to be her own.

    Sidibe’s Therapist

    Self reached out to Sidibe about her decision to recommend and share her therapist with her co-star and friend.

    “It was extremely important for me to find a therapist who is a black woman, just because black women live in a different world than everyone else,” Sidibe wrote. “Our problems, daily interactions, and expectations are different than most other people, so I wanted a therapist who I could cut through the societal foundation of who I am with, so that we could get to my specific issues. There’s a shorthand between us. We speak the same language because we’re from the same world.”

    For Henson, finding care for herself was necessary but so is helping others in the community access help as well, something she is able to do with her foundation.

    “I think my mental health foundation picks up where my art leaves off,” Henson explained. “We have to deal with these traumatic situations [children experience], and these teachers and therapists and social workers need to be trained in cultural competency to be able to pinpoint [when a] child is having an issue that’s deeper than just wanting to be bad in class.” 

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Alanis Morissette Details Postpartum Depression On "Stop The Stigma"

    Alanis Morissette Details Postpartum Depression On "Stop The Stigma"

    “This time around, it’s less depression, it’s more anxiety and a little more of the compulsive, obsessive thoughts,” the “You Oughta Know” singer shared.

    With each birth of her three children, Alanis Morissette has shed light on postpartum depression (PPD) by sharing her personal experience with the “baby blues”—which can be more serious and longer lasting in some women.

    The singer-songwriter sat down with CBS This Morning’s Mireya Villarreal for the show’s Stop the Stigma segment on mental health challenges.

    Postpartum depression is a mood disorder suffered by some women after childbirth. Symptoms include extreme sadness, anxiety and exhaustion which affect the new mother’s ability to function.

    “This time around, it’s less depression, it’s more anxiety and a little more of the compulsive, obsessive thoughts,” the “You Oughta Know” singer shared. She would be consumed by “images that are horrifying, just a lot of times about safety about the people you love, your loved ones, your children,” she said. But having gone through it twice before the birth of her third child, Winter Mercy Morissette-Treadway, in August, Morissette had the presence of mind to stop and recognize the symptoms of PPD.

    Getting Help Instead Of Powering Through On Her Own

    Her first instinct was to overcome it on her own, but she was advised otherwise. “My survival strategy is to just push through,” she told Villarreal. “And then I spoke with a professional who knew all about postpartum depression, and I asked her, does this go away if I just white-knuckle through it? She said, no, it actually gets worse.”

    With the help of medication and the support of loved ones, Morissette has faced PPD with each birth, as she described in a recent essay.

    The singer detailed her most recent experience with PPD in a blog post published to her website in early October.

    “I have been here before. I know there is another side,” she wrote. “I saw how things got richer after I came through it the last two times.” With the birth of Winter, she was better prepared for the impending “postpartum tar-drenched trenches” that came with sleep deprivation, hormones, physical pain, isolation, anxiety, marriage and “all kinds of PTSD triggers,” she wrote.

    Stigma-Free Perception Is The Goal

    Sharing every detail of this experience is important, she explained. “There’s something about chronicling the experience in real time…If the goal is stigma-free perception of any mental illness or mental health conversation, understanding and giving the details of what it really looks like from the inside is important,” she told Villarreal.

    Morissette said that PPD would not deter her from doing it all over again. “Because I had experienced the other side of postpartum depression… I know that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. I’d be willing to go through it again. I know that sounds a little insane,” she said.

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  • Is Mindfulness Meditation A Viable Treatment Option For Depression, Anxiety? 

    Is Mindfulness Meditation A Viable Treatment Option For Depression, Anxiety? 

    Experts believe that the mental health practice can be beneficial to those dealing with mental health issues.

    There may be another treatment option for those struggling with mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, according to Psych Congress.

    Speakers at the 2019 Psych Congress discussed the effectiveness of mindfulness meditation as a treatment for such disorders, either on its own or alongside other treatment options. 

    In short, those who practice mindfulness meditation choose a “target,” which can be something like their own breath or a mantra. When they find their minds drifting elsewhere, according to Psych Congress, they acknowledge those thoughts and then redirect themselves to their chosen target.

    Hitting The Reset Button

    Psych Congress Steering Committee member Saundra Jain says mindfulness meditation helps “reset the balance” in the brain for those struggling with mental health disorders. She notes that people should “think about mindfulness as a way to soften, dampen, or quiet that internal chatter.”

    Jain also explored the scientific evidence for the practice, stating that brain imaging has demonstrated that mindfulness meditation is linked to an increase in the volume of gray matter in four different areas of the brain. She also noted that there was a connection between the practice and “beneficial changes in the activation of parts of the brain” and that the practice can still be beneficial to those patients who may already be on a medication.

    “Mindfulness meditation practices are effective interventions, and sometimes for mild to moderate conditions—depression and anxiety—super-effective as front lines,” Jain said.

    According to psychiatrist Michele Hauser, this practice has been around for about 3,500 years, with roots in Europe beginning in the 1700s. Such practices, according to Hauser, made their way west in the mid-20th century. She added that since 1999, the number of studies about mindfulness meditation have increased. 

    For Hauser, it’s important to note that the practice teaches its users how to respond to a situation rather than just react. 

    “Instead of spiraling downward into increasing anxiety and depression, we’re able to stop that spiral and respond in a more appropriate fashion,” she said.

    Practicing mindfulness meditation can be done in any moment, according to Mindful.

    “Mindfulness is available to us in every moment, whether through meditations and body scans, or mindful moment practices like taking time to pause and breathe when the phone rings instead of rushing to answer it,” the website states.

    The site also speaks about the importance of posture and positioning when practicing. 

    In order for the practice to be effective, Jain says that patients must practice it daily and cannot skip days. Research, she says, has shown the practice to be effective even if only for 10 minutes each day.

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Can Omega-3s Help Treat Depression?

    Can Omega-3s Help Treat Depression?

    A panel of experts weighed in on whether the supplement provided any benefits for those with major depressive disorder. 

    Anyone with major depression or who is at high risk of developing the condition should take a daily dose of omega-3 fatty acids, commonly found in fish oil, according to new recommendations. 

    The International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research made the recommendations and released them on Sept. 3 in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 

    Panel Of Experts Weigh In

    “The expert consensus panel has agreed on using [omega-3s] in [major depressive disorder] treatment for pregnant women, children, and the elderly, and prevention in high-risk populations,” the review authors wrote. 

    The expert panel reviewed research on omega-3s in the treatment of major depression. It concluded that the benefits of omega-3s were well-established. 

    “Several lines of evidence have suggested the efficacy of [omega-3s] as a preventive and treatment strategy in [major depressive disorder], from epidemiological and case-controlled studies to randomized-controlled trials and meta-analyses,” the authors wrote. 

    Despite that, there were no clinical guidelines that dictated the best way to use omega-3s for patients with major depression. The committee set out to create guidelines for doctors. They laid out the dosage that patients should get. 

    “The recommended therapeutic dosages should aim for 1–2 g/day of total EPA from pure EPA or 1–2 g/day EPA from an EPA/DHA (>2:1) combination,” they wrote. 

    Finding The Right Dosage

    The amount of omega-3s can be increased biweekly. That same amount can also be used as a preventive measure for high-risk individuals, the study authors noted. 

    It’s important to emphasize that the authors said that omega-3s should be combined with other treatments, including antidepressant medications and therapy. They are not effective on their own, but could make a big difference when used in conjunction with other therapies. 

    Dr. Kuan-Pin Su has studied the effect of omega-3s on patients with depression and anxiety extensively. He told Medscape that their effectiveness is often “overlooked” and should be “on the radar” of more physicians who are treating people with depression and anxiety. 

    Earlier this year, a study showed that eating a Mediterranean diet can cut the risk of depression by up to one-third. That’s in part because this way of eating includes many healthy fats, like omega-3s. 

    Food is important to overall mental health, said Charles Conway, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis.

    “Especially the omega three fatty acids,” he added. “Those are known to have pretty clear effects with depression.”

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  • Doctors Are Prescribing House Plants To Treat Depression, Anxiety

    Doctors Are Prescribing House Plants To Treat Depression, Anxiety

    A new mental health initiative is taking a nature-focused approach to treating depression and anxiety.

    Doctors in the United Kingdom are recommending prescription greens for people with depression, but not the type you might think.

    While some people with depression turn to marijuana and other cannabis products, doctors in the UK say that garden-variety house plants can help improve mood and mental health. In fact, one clinic, the Cornbrook Medical Practice, has begun giving out prescriptions for plants. 

    “The plants we [are] giving people are mainly herbs—things like lemon balm and catmint, which all have mindful qualities,” Augusta Ward, a medical secretary at the practice, told Metro UK.

    Gardening For Mental Health

    In addition to sending plants home with people, the practice has a program where patients can garden with others.

    “The plant is then a reason to come back to the surgery and get involved in all the other activities in our garden and make new friends,” Ward said. 

    The new initiative to integrate plants into medicine is being done in conjunction with Sow the City, a nonprofit that promotes the health benefits of plants and gardening on an individual and social level. 

    “There’s evidence that people who are socially isolated have worse health outcomes,” Jon Ross, the organization’s director, told Fast Company. “We provide a kind of community project within the [doctor’s office] so that people can get together and do the food growing and the gardening together with other patients.”

    Dr. Philippa James, who practices at Cornbrook, said that the idea of health benefits from plants isn’t new. 

    “There’s a lot of evidence now about how two hours a week in a green space can lift mood—and then that too has physical, mental and emotional benefits. That’s something we need to harness,” she said. She added that she has seen patients benefitting from the program already. 

    Green Spaces For Better Moods

    “I’ve seen how our patients relax in the garden—and how they then get involved in wider events like picking litter, which all adds to pride in our area,” she said. 

    Ross said that Sow the City aims to set people up for success in caring for their plants and keeping them alive. 

    He said, “We try and make it as easy as possible, and we set it up so that the plants are healthy to start with, and we train them on how to look after them.” 

    Dr. Ruth Bromley, chair of the Manchester Health & Care Commissioning, which oversees health initiatives in the city where Cornbrook is located, said that she is happy to see a practice taking an unconventional approach to care. 

    “So much of what keeps people happy and well isn’t medical,” she said. “That’s why ideas like this one are so wonderfully effective, building on what is best about our communities and supporting patients close to where they live.”

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  • Can Eating Fast Food Lead To Depression For Teens?

    Can Eating Fast Food Lead To Depression For Teens?

    A new study examined the possible connection between depression and a fast-food heavy diet in teens.

    Teens’ diets could be contributing to their mental health, specifically their levels of depression, a new study has found. 

    According to CNN, recent research indicates there could be a connection between teenagers with a “high fast-food, low plant-based diet,” and depression levels. 

    As part of the study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) studied urine samples from a group of middle school students at one point, then again 18 months later. Both times, the students were screened for symptoms of depression. 

    In the urine, high levels of sodium and low levels of potassium were present. 

    “High sodium, you’ve got to think of highly processed food,” said lead author Sylvie Mrug, chair of the psychology department at UAB. “This includes fast food, frozen meals and unhealthy snacks.”

    Missing Nutrients

    According to Mrug, having low potassium is a sign that a person’s diet may be missing certain healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables, that have high levels of potassium. These include foods like beans, sweet potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, bananas, oranges, avocados, yogurt and salmon. 

    Researchers also discovered that having a higher level of sodium in the urine could predict a student’s likelihood of exhibiting signs of depression 18 months later. 

    “The study findings make sense, as potassium-rich foods are healthy foods,” said dietitian Lisa Drayer, a CNN health and nutrition contributor. “So, if adolescents include more potassium-rich foods in their diet, they will likely have more energy and feel better overall—which can lead to a better sense of well-being and improved mental health.”

    Other Studies

    These findings aren’t necessarily new, as prior research has pointed to a similar connection between diet and mental health in adults. More specifically, one study found that adults who followed a diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and little red meat or processed foods were less likely to struggle with depression.

    While the study of middle school students seemed to point to a definite connection between diet and depression, researchers say it was too small to be definitive, as it only included 84 students, 95% of which were African-American and from low-income homes.

    Mrug noted that more research is needed, as the study found an association but not a cause and effect relationship between diet and depression. 

    “It might also be true that a poor diet could be linked to other risk factors for depression, such as social isolation, lack of support, lack of resources and access to healthcare and substance abuse,” Drayer adds. “It might be hard to tease out if diet is the factor or simply a marker for other risk factors for depression.”

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  • In Italy, Doctors Recommend Sleep Deprivation For Depression Patients

    In Italy, Doctors Recommend Sleep Deprivation For Depression Patients

    The treatment, which requires patients to stay awake for 36 hours, three times per week, is covered by Italy’s national health service. 

    A good night’s sleep is considered critical for mental, physical and emotional well-being, but a group of doctors in Italy is turning that knowledge on its head, by recommending sleep deprivation as a therapy for bipolar patients who are severely depressed. 

    “It’s absolutely counterintuitive,” Dr. Francesco Benedetti, head of psychiatry at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, told the BBC. 

    In Benedetti’s unit, patients who have treatment-resistant depression turn to sleep deprivation in hopes of improving their mental health. 

    “They very often come to us and say ‘I’m helpless, nothing can be done.’ And that’s the perfect patient to try this most effective, rapid, shocking treatment to push up their mood,” Benedetti said.

    The Treatment

    The treatment, which requires patients to stay awake for 36 hours three times per week, is covered by Italy’s national health service. 

    Benedetti says that while sleep deprivation can contribute to depression for most people, it can alleviate symptoms for people with bipolar disorder. During the course of the treatment, patients are exposed to bright white light for about 30 minutes in the early-morning hours. That’s when most patients report a change in their mood, Benedetti said. After the treatment, patients are given Lithium, a common treatment for bipolar disorder, to keep their mood elevated. 

    Benedetti claims that the treatment works for 70% of patients. 

    “We see our patients being well after the treatment. They’re staying well. They return to their jobs,” he said. “They came in thinking of suicide, to be clear, and they go home ready to start their job again.”

    The BBC followed four patients, who reported a change after the treatment.

    “These nights, I was a little better. But this morning just awake, I felt that sensation of desperation,” said one patient, Georgio, a man in his sixties who has been battling depression for 20 years. 

    Georgio didn’t think the treatment had worked initially. In fact, he booked electroconvulsive therapy after the fact. But before he could try that, he found his depression was alleviated about a month after the treatment, and he believed that sleep deprivation may be why. 

    Another patient, Norma, said that she first went through sleep deprivation therapy four years ago and experienced an instant change to her bipolar symptoms. 

    “When I left here I felt fantastic,” she said. “I could tell straight away that I was better.”

    Since then, Norma has had two depression flareups, and both times sleep deprivation therapy has helped, she says. 

    However, other mental health experts including John Geddes, head of psychiatry at Oxford University, are skeptical of the treatment and say a controlled study must be done. 

    “When people are developing treatments and are enthusiastic about it all sorts of biases come in,” Geddes said. “We just see this all the time, particularly in the area of mental health. There’s so much to gain from a study of a new treatment.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Patients, Psychiatrists Share Their Experience With Treating Depression

    Patients, Psychiatrists Share Their Experience With Treating Depression

    From medication to exercise, patients and psychiatrists get candid about their methods of treating depression. 

    Kelli María Korducki wanted options. While she appreciated the arsenal of medications being offered to treat her depression, she also wanted to explore the emotional, personal side of the disease, not just the chemical imbalance. 

    “A more realistic, nuanced approach to the way we conceive of mental illness would go a long way toward validating the myriad potential causes for human suffering and clearing paths for many more in need,” Korducki wrote in a July 27 editorial for The New York Times. 

    Medication Management

    Korducki argued that psychiatry has become “medication management.” 

    “To be sure, many people need medication, and greatly benefit from it,” she wrote. “The right drugs have made my life better too. But I fantasize about a future in which mental illness is understood less in terms of static diagnoses and psychopharmaceutical stopgaps than each individual’s symptoms and the circumstances that might inform them.”

    In response to Korducki’s editorial, many people—doctors and patients—shared their experience with treating depression. 

    Insurance Changes the Game

    John M. Oldham, chief of staff at the Menninger Clinic and former president of the American Psychiatric Association, said that insurance requirements have transformed psychiatry into short, 20-minute med-check visits that do not have the length or intimacy to address a patient’s underlying concerns. 

    “Don’t get me wrong,” Oldham writes. “Psychiatric medications are valuable components of treatment. But mental illnesses are complicated. Medications can do part of the job, but the rest must be done by a careful partnership between psychiatrist and patient, a thoughtfully crafted treatment plan that includes psychotherapy and/or high-quality psychosocial interventions.” 

    Christopher Lukas, author of Shrink Rap: A Guide to Psychotherapy From a Frequent Flier, shared that his doctor told him that antidepressants weren’t serving him—instead, talk therapy was what really made a difference for Lukas. 

    “My psychotherapist believes in listening,” Lukas writes. 

    Jenny Orme, who has struggled with major depression, said that she refused to believe she was a “victim of her genes” even though her mother died from complications of depression at 45. Orme took her health into her own hands, with what she describes as a “rigorous program of yoga, tai chi, swimming and meditation.” That, combined with Eastern medicine and the support of friends and family, help Orme stay stable. 

    “The epidemic of mental illness and suicide calls for a multifaceted, enlightened approach to the treatment of this serious personal and public health problem,” Orme writes. 

    Like Orme, Kordicki says she now views her depression as more than a biological process, and now treats it as so. 

    “Rather than view my psychological experience as a biologically fated roller coaster, I’ve come to think of my mental health as a reflection of the complex ebbs and flows of life; accordingly, I’ve developed tools to better mitigate that which I can’t control, an agency I once wouldn’t have imagined possible,” she wrote. “I feel, for the first time, like a person who belongs to the world.”

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  • Can Video Games Help Treat Depression?

    Can Video Games Help Treat Depression?

    Some believe that a mind at play experiences beneficial neurological effects.

    Video games could be beneficial for those suffering from depression, some experts believe. It may seem counterintuitive as players seem to use video games to isolate and distract themselves from the world, but the mind at play helps people feel more confident and energetic.

    Anyone who has played video games knows it stimulates the mind, designed to tickle a person’s reward pathways when they achieve a goal or task as well as develop memory and learning in the hippocampus.

    In depressed people, these parts of the brain shrivel. Engaging in a combination of strategy, diligence, and effort to achieve a virtual goal can yield a very real sense of accomplishment that can help restore these critical regions.

    Fighting Depression

    Researchers have even created a video game specifically tailored to combat depression. In SPARX, players navigate a fantasy world and fight creatures called GNATs (short for gloomy, negative, automatic thoughts) that represent the mental formations of depression. The game is actually a form of cognitive behavioral therapy, wherein players are lead to literally confront and defeat their negative thoughts.

    While the game may seem hokey, it works. About 44% of those who played SPARX recovered from depression, up from the 26% of patients recovered though treatment without the game. In recovery, around 66% of SPARX players felt that their depression symptoms had been reduced by at least 30%, while a relatively fewer 58% of non-players could say the same.

    This could explain why some people link depression and video games, mistakenly assuming that the lonely escapist gamer is falling deeper into depression as a result of their self-imposed isolation.

    However, this cause-and-effect explanation is probably reversed — a depressed gamer is likely already depressed and is actually managing their own symptoms through the use of video games.

    Problematic Gaming

    That said, video gaming can become problematic if it is used only as an escape and distraction from life. It’s become a prevalent enough problem that the World Health Organization has officially recognized gaming disorder in its International Classification of Diseases.

    Like many forms of media, it comes down to which titles are played. Games like Minecraft engage the creative imagination of players, while Nintendo Wii games help people stand up and get moving. Online games like Fornite provide social interaction that can be increasingly harder for children to find as public gathering places, such as malls, fall out of fashion.

    Considering that over 26% of adults in the United States suffer from depression, it’s necessary to get to the truth of what helps and harms people suffering from depression.

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  • Can Properly Communicating Negative Emotions Help Teens Avoid Depression?

    Can Properly Communicating Negative Emotions Help Teens Avoid Depression?

    A new study explored whether undercommunicating negative emotions after stressful life events impacted teen’s mental health.

    Being able to communicate negative emotions effectively may help teens when it comes to mental health—specifically when it comes to depression. 

    According to Medical Xpress, this was determined based on new research surrounding negative emotion differentiation (NED), which is “the ability to make fine-grained distinctions between negative emotions and apply precise labels.”

    “Adolescents who use more granular terms such as ‘I feel annoyed,’ or ‘I feel frustrated,’ or ‘I feel ashamed’—instead of simply saying ‘I feel bad’—are better protected against developing increased depressive symptoms after experiencing a stressful life event,” lead author Lisa Starr, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, tells Medical Xpress. 

    Communication Is Key

    Teens with low negative emotion differentiation scores are more likely to describe their emotions with less specific terms like “bad” or “upset.” Such teens have a harder time finding lessons in their emotions, as well as coping mechanisms, Starr says.

    “Emotions convey a lot of information,” Star says. “They communicate information about the person’s motivational state, level of arousal, emotional valence, and appraisals of the threatening experience. A person has to integrate all that information to figure out—”am I feeling irritated,” or “am I feeling angry, embarrassed, or some other emotion?”

    During the study, Starr and her team found that low NED scores can lead to a stronger correlation between depression and stressful events in life. 

    According to prior research, NED scores tend to be lowest during adolescence, leading to higher depression rates during this period of life. While prior research linked depression and low NED scores, it didn’t determine if a low NED score typically came before a depression diagnosis or after. 

    During the study, Starr and her team gathered a group of 233 adolescents around Rochester. They had an average age of 16 and a little more than half were females. WIthin that group, Starr and her colleagues did diagnostic interviews for depression.

    The participants then reported on their emotions for one week, four times each day. 

    The research team, according to Medical Xpress, waited a year and a half and then conducted interviews once again with 193 of the participants who returned. In doing so, they found that adolescents who struggled to differentiate negative emotions were more likely to struggle with symptoms of depression after a stressful life event. But those with high NED scores were better able to manage such symptoms and reduce the likelihood of a depression diagnosis. 

    According to Starr, changing the way one feels begins with the ability to acknowledge those feelings. 

    “Basically you need to know the way you feel, in order to change the way you feel,” Starr says. “I believe that NED could be modifiable, and I think it’s something that could be directly addressed with treatment protocols that target NED.”

    “Our data suggests that if you are able to increase people’s NED then you should be able to buffer them against stressful experiences and the depressogenic effect of stress,” she adds. 

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