New research has uncovered neural emotion regulation abnormalities in patients with remitted recurrent major depressive disorder. The findings, which appear in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical, shed new light on potential neural mechanisms that facilitate relapse. “We were interested in this topic because recurrence after remission of depression is a very big problem, both on a personal level and on a societal level,” said study author Rozemarijn S. van Kleef, a psychological therapist at Mentaal Beter. “We believe it is important to gain further insight into mechanisms underlying this vulnera…
