Life After Depression: Using Research and Personal Perspectives to Understand Mood Disorders

While scientists have generally assumed that the prognosis for well-being is poor among those with depression, Cornell-led research is now challenging this assumption: In national datasets, a substantial group of people who had a diagnosis of depression go on to report well-being, including lives rich with positive emotion, purpose and meaning.

Join us to explore the possibilities of life after depression with Jonathan Rottenberg, a professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University. Rottenberg shares his research on mood disorders, his personal experience with depression and his video series on the challenges and opportunities of life after depression.

What You'll Learn

• What depression is and how it’s defined
• How the scientific and clinical communities have typically seen the prognosis of depression as grim and communicated this to health consumers
• How new data suggests that well-being after depression may be surprisingly common
• What the implications are for our view of life after depression in light of new outcomes data
• How to destigmatize your conversations about depression and open up communication

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