![]() So they might say well, you might be mindreading a little bit there. So they might do things like identify what we call cognitive distortions, specific bugs in your thinking. So the idea with this app is you would put that situation and those cognitions in, and then this crowd of people would be trained to systematically help you readjust your thinking back to sort of the real world. If you're like me and kind of prone to pessimistic, depressive styles of thinking, you might think oh my gosh, my review's going to be terrible. So if you imagine you got called in for a performance review, let's say for your boss, and you walk into her office, and she looks at you and furrows her brow and looks a little disgusted and says not now and kind of ushers you out of the room. MORRIS: One way to describe it is to just go through an example. RATH: So can you explain how - how Panoply works, how you're able to have users interact with each other in a way that helps them out like that? ROBERT MORRIS: The intuition is can we somehow leverage that framework, which we know brings eyeballs back to the screen, and somehow, in a very clever way, inject therapeutic content? ![]() Morris says that while he was inspired by existing social networking apps, Panoply is unique because it has a specific goal - to treat clinical depression. It's essentially a way to reframe thoughts and experiences. Panoply engages a group of patients in cognitive behavioral therapy. He created a social networking app called Panoply. Robert Morris thinks social media can help. And as Jenny Gold just mentioned, a lot of people are still held back from seeking help because of the stigma. Take Away: Preliminary results support the efficacy of Panoply for improving cognitive reappraisal skills, and depression, particularly for those with more severe symptomology.Even if you have good coverage, it can be hard to find a mental health provider. Additionally, individuals with lower cognitive reappraisal skills at baseline had greater improvements in cognitive reappraisal and depressive symptoms when assigned to Panoply. Depressed Panoply participants had greater reductions in depression than depressed participants in the expressive writing control. Although both groups had significant reductions in depression severity and perseverative thinking, the Panoply group had significantly greater improvement in cognitive reappraisal skills. Depression, perseverative thinking, and cognitive reappraisal skills were measured at baseline and 3-week assessments. Participants in the control group were asked to write posts about their negative thoughts and situations on a website developed to look identical to Panoply, but had no social interactions with other users. Participants in both groups were asked to use the programs for at least 25 minutes, 3 times per week. A final sample of 217 participants were randomly assigned to Panoply (n=108) or to an expressive writing control group (n=109) before completing the baseline assessment. Young adults (age 18-35) were recruited using advertisements on university and social media websites with no restriction on depressive status. Summary: This randomized controlled trial tested the efficacy of Panoply for improving depression.
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