202201271530 EMA can help patients increase Emotional Self-Awareness (ESA) #hope-s #EMA **EMA can help patients increase Emotional Self-Awareness (ESA)** Source: Article "[[Self-monitoring Using Mobile Phones in the Early Stages of Adolescent Depression Randomized Controlled Trial]]" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22732135/ ---- **Mechanism Underlying Self-monitoring** - #CBT CBT focus on cognitive restructuring and problem-solving skills training - Increasing awareness of emotions is an important therapeutic step in most psychotherapies for depression and other mental illnesses  by preparing individuals for changing their cognitions, beliefs, and schemas - ESA may also provide a suitable framework for first-step intervention programs by assisting young people to become aware of their emotions in preparation for learning more adaptive coping strategies. Adolescence is an ideal target for first-step intervention of mental health problems, as young people begin to develop the ability to independently cope with everyday stresses and negative emotions during their teen years [[202201271535 How to increase emotional self awareness?]] - Metacognitions, such as self-awareness, are developed during early adolescence [35], and interventions can be developed that target young people’s ability to recognize emotions, identify emotional states, understand the contextualization of emotions, communicate this emotional knowledge, and plan and make constructive decisions about emotions. Increasing ESA is a core process in the early stages of therapy - **?Patient we see in EPIP have issues with metacognitions, and they have low level of ESA.** **Outcome** - Self monitoring mood, stress, coping strategies increases awareness of emotions - The second hypothesis that an increase in ESA would predict a decrease in depressive symptoms was also supported.  (Self Monitoring -- increase ESA --- reduce depressive symptoms) - simple self-monitoring techniques effectively increase self-awareness, in this case, awareness of one’s own emotions