Guided ManoYatra tool

Understanding Depression

This explains low mood as a self-sustaining system: reduced energy leads to reduced activity, reduced activity removes sources of reward, and the loss of reward further reduces energy.

Psych-ed10 minPROtext or voice

How it works

The systems view is what makes the condition legible rather than mysterious, and it explains why advice to simply do more lands so badly — the appetite for doing more is precisely what has gone. This is an explanatory tool. It sets up the behavioural tools rather than doing their work.

Grounded in

behavioural and systems accounts of depressed mood.

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Try Understanding Depression

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General wellness, not medical care

ManoYatra is a general wellness product. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any medical condition. It is not a substitute for professional care.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out now

If you're in crisis, please reach out to iCall at +91 91529 87821, Tele-MANAS at 14416, or KIRAN at 1800-599-0019. In an emergency, call 112.

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ManoYatra is a general-wellness and self-reflection companion, not a medical or diagnostic service. We do not make clinical diagnoses, prescribe treatment, or replace a licensed professional. In a crisis, please reach professional human help.