Juna Bobby MD, EdMFounder, MindBodySpace LLC · RELAX TO SOAR™️ Method Workshops • Mindbodyspace Podcast • NYU SOM M.D. • Harvard Ed.M. • Juilliard Resilience Faculty

Two simple tips that helped reduce depression #Shorts

3 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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Juna Bobby MD describes a study of 7,500 people testing 12 brief interventions for depression. Two worked: challenging negative thoughts and pushing through fear to socialize. Both are skills you can practice today.

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How can we give as much information as possible about how to improve your mental health to someone in 5 or 10 minutes? We took these 12 interventions and then randomized 7,500 people we recruited online to complete one of those 12 interventions. We learned which of those interventions significantly reduced depression a month later. 2 of them significantly reduced it. Actually learning an implementable skill, like how do you challenge negative thinking or how do you overcome that like initial fear to going out and like making a friend, things like that seem to be more impactful.