Psychology Around the Net: March 14, 2020

This week’s Psychology Around the Net covers the importance of protecting your mental health while still practicing social distance, how gratitude interventions aren’t the best for helping with anxiety and depression symptoms, our children’s takeaways regarding COVID-19, and more. Also, in case you haven’t seen it! We’re celebrating 25 years of Psych Central! 25 Fabulous Years of Psych Central: An Interview with Founder & CEO John Grohol. Does Personality Affect the Composition of the Gut Microbiome? New research involving questionnaires and fecal samples suggests our personality traits may predict the composition and diversity of our gut microbiome. Findings from this and other related studies could help us develop prebiotic and probiotic therapies for improving mood and treating conditions like anxiety and depression. Protect Your Mental Health While Practicing Social Distancing: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made social distancing extremely important right now; however, people with certain mental illnesses — such as depression — already tend to feel pretty isolated as it is. Additionally, staying home from school or work can also throw a major wrench in previously structured days, which can fuel feelings of depression and negative, anxious thoughts. Gratitude Interventions Don’t Help With Depression, Anxiety: During a gratitude intervention a person does something that is supposed to make him aware of somethi...
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