CU Psychology and Neuroscience Professor聽Sona Dimidjian聽(Clinical) was in the news because of a recent publication聽in the British medical journal聽罢丑别听尝补苍肠别迟. The research, published in collaboration with noted Indian psychiatrist聽Vikram Patel and other authors from around聽the world, studied a large sample of women in Goa, India, using聽a novel treatment 聽for depression. Their study demonstrated that lay counselors, who received 3 weeks of intensive training plus follow-up supervision, were significantly more effective at mitigating the effects of depression in client participants聽on a variety of measures compared to those participants who received no therapy at all. Another study coming out this week in The Lancet聽shows that this approach can be effective in curbing alcohol abuse as well. Professor Dimidjian is now developing a similar approach in a couple of locations聽in Colorado to address post-partum depression. Read the original , or the .