Helping others may help with depression
Offering kindness to others, showing gratitude, and thinking optimistically may work as a form of depression therapy. A recent article on these forms of “positive activity interventions” in US News & World Report quotes Michelle Riba, M.D., M.S., Depression Center associate director and a professor of psychiatry, who said, “There’s a lot of good research that shows these kinds of actions can have a positive impact on life. In general, people who help others stop focusing on their own pains and problems and worries and feel good about themselves.” Read the full article here.
