There’s a way, however, to help prevent depression in people at risk, like Linda. Cognitive psychologist Zindel Segal and his team discovered that teaching patients Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an approach that teaches people to become more aware of negative moods and thoughts, then to observe those moods and thoughts to prevent a depressive spiral and interrupt the negative cycle. Segal and his colleagues developed an eight-week program that teaches people how to focus on day-to-day experiences, like physical sensations and breathing, then apply a similar nonjudgmental approach
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