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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Effects of Mindful Attention in Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Social

  • Karyn Gunnet-Shoval
    Harvard University
  • Neha Dhawan
    Harvard Extension School
  • Katherine Bercovitz
    Harvard University
  • Ellen Langer
    Harvard University

Abstract

Our study examines the effects of mindful attention on overall wellbeing in patients with Major Depressive Disorder. We examine the extent to which mindfully attending to variability in moods and production of novelty can result in more positive moods, increased perceived control over moods, and increased actual control over moods.

Depression

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