From: TIME
Rashness & Rumination: New Understanding About the Roots of Depression
March 12, 2013
TIME:
Two studies explore some of the developmental roots of depression in childhood and adolescence.
In the first study, published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, researchers focused on depressive rumination, or the relentless focus on what has gone wrong or will go wrong, coupled with an inability to see a solution to these overwhelming problems. It’s no surprise that rumination has a strong connection to depression— in fact, studies show that some talk therapies can actually make depression worse by compelling people to focus on problems and their origins, rather than guiding them toward positive solutions on what to do about them.
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