Our knowledge of depression has definitely increased in recent years. We notice its symptoms more quickly and we confuse it less often with the common blues or depression. We are increasingly better at not only treating this disease, but also preventing it. However, the human psyche is extremely complex, which is why scientists do not stop at current discoveries. What does modern science say about depression? What is its most up-to-date definition? What tools are used in research on it? Which known methods of treatment are the most effective and which are still in the testing phase? Do any of the therapies used to date contradict modern knowledge? Dr. Agnieszka Mościcka-Teske, a psychologist, psychotherapist and lecturer at SWPS University, will talk about what modern science says about depression. The conversation will be led by Joanna Flis. Dr. Agnieszka Mościcka-Teske – psychologist, psychotherapist, trainer of psychological skills and court expert, appointed as an expert in cases of mobbing and sexual harassment in the workplace. Graduate of the School of Trainers and Psychotherapists of the Institute of Gestalt Therapy in Krakow (accreditation EAP and EAGT). She deals with the issue of stress and ways of coping with it, taking into account individual and environmental factors that protect people from the negative effects of stress. She is the author of a number of scientific articles on occupational stress and mobbing. She creates, co-creates and implements educational programs and training for business and local government institutions in the field of: developing social skills (communication, assertiveness, functioning in a group), ways of coping with occupational stress, aggression, mobbing, sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. She also deals with the introduction of anti-mobbing and anti-discrimination procedures. She cooperates with the National Labor Inspectorate. At the Poznań faculty of SWPS University, she teaches clinical psychology, health psychology and occupational psychology. Joanna Flis – clinical and health psychologist, certified specialist in addiction psychotherapy, graduate of SWPS University. For many years, she worked with co-dependent people and with the DDA syndrome at the Provincial Center for Addiction and Co-dependency Psychotherapy and at the Addiction Clinic. She currently runs a psychological assistance lab. Systemic psychotherapist in the process of certification and a pedagogue. PhD student at the University of Szczecin, where she conducts research on the functioning of addicts. She cooperates with the Dbam o Mój Z@sięg Foundation and Teacher Training Centers, conducting training and workshops. Author of numerous publications in the field of mental health. Strefa Psyche of SWPS University is a project popularizing psychological knowledge at the highest substantive level and discovering the possibilities of action offered by psychology in various areas of both private and professional life. The project includes online activities aimed at enabling development for anyone who has such a need or desire, regardless of where they are. More about the project: https://web.swps.pl/strefa-psyche Are you interested in psychology? Join us in the Strefa Psyche group of SWPS University ( / strefapsyche . #depression #affectivedisorders #mentalhealth