| June 22, 2017 | | |  | | | | | | Being optimistic has healing powers | | An optimistic outlook doesn't have to be ingrained – it can be created, says Dr. Louise Sharpe, a psychologist from the University of Sydney, who has studied the link between emotions and arthritis. She has used cognitive behavioural therapy with arthritis patients to see whether a more positive outlook has any influence on the disease. She found people with more optimistic views are much less likely to become depressed about their condition. And she believes this response has led to improved joint function in some patients. "We look at what people say to themselves and whether it's, in fact, true, or whether they are perhaps seeing things in a negative way. Then we get them to challenge negative thoughts in a realistic way," she explains. Read more: |  | | FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS | | | SIGN UP FOR OUR OTHER NEWSLETTERS | | | | |  | | | |  |           | If you would like to subscribe to our other newsletters, please click here.
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