For example, the available evidence suggests that preventive interventions for depression and anxiety disorders among sexual minorities should simultaneously focus on reducing the use of maladaptive coping strategies, such as rumination, and augmenting emotion regulation skills. A recent intervention specifically aimed at rumination showed significant reductions in depression and associated comorbidity (Watkins et al., 2007), which could prove beneficial in preventing sexual minorities from engaging in rumination subsequent to stigma-related stress. In addition, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (Linehan, 1993) and emotion-focused treatments (Greenberg, 2002) have shown promise in facilitating more adaptive regulation of emotions.
