171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR)

This week, Enna chats with Dr. Casey Kenyon Brown, Professor at Georgetown University in the Department of Psychology and the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience. She has received numerous honors and awards, including the prestigious Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute on Aging and the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science. Casey’s research examines how we share, understand, and influence one another’s emotions. She’s interested in how these interpersonal emotional processes are beneficial for healthy aging, and how these processes may go awry and contribute to depression. In this episode, Casey shares her journey in psychology, talks about her research on emotion and relationships, and provides advice on how we can build strong connections with people we love. Please join our substack ( ) to stay connected with our community of listeners from all over the world! If you found this episode interesting, please consider leaving us a good rating. It just takes a minute but will allow us to reach more listeners to share our love for psychology. Casey’s Lab Website: Casey’s Lab Twitter: @CARESlab_GU Casey’s paper on empathy and shared depression: Enna’s LinkedIn: Enna’s Twitter: @EnnaYuxuanChen Podcast Contact: stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com Podcast Twitter: @StanfordPsyPod

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171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR) is an episode from Stanford Psychology Podcast by Stanford Psychology.

This episode is 39:30 long.

This episode was published on Mar 6, 2026.

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