You are anxious or depressed and you are offered:
- Medications
- Therapy with a psychologist
- Behavior modification
- Exercise modalities
- A combination of some or all of the above.
Typically, that is the scenario for these 2 diagnoses. Well scientists in the Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) are developing an interactive, multi-media program that will help astronauts to recognize and manage depression - while they are away in space. As you can imagine, if these people are in space and...
