"Once the individual is feeling better, it is important to continue the medication for at least 4 to 9 months to prevent a recurrence of the depression."

"Once the individual is feeling better, it is important to continue the medication for at least 4 to 9 months to prevent a recurrence of the depression."

 

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"Interpersonal therapists focus on the patient's disturbed personal relationships that both cause and exacerbate (or increase) the depression."

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  • Approximately 80 percent of older adults with depression improve when they receive treatment with antidepressant medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both.
  • Medications alone appear to be helpful in approximately 50% of the cases.
  • Substantial evidence from neuroscience, genetics, and clinical investigation shows that depressive illnesses are disorders of the brain.
  • Researchers estimate that at least six million men in the United States suffer from a depressive disorder every year.
  • While studies generally indicate that about 25 percent of people with cancer have depression, only 2 percent of cancer patients in one study were receiving antidepressant medication.

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Overcoming Anxiety

"Research has shown that anxiety disorderswhich include post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, social phobia, and generalized anxiety disordercommonly accompany depression."

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"Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is another treatment option that may be particularly useful for individuals whose depression is severe or life threatening, or who cannot take antidepressant medication."

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"A good diagnostic evaluation will include a complete history of symptoms, when they started, how long they have lasted, how severe they are, whether the patient had them before and, if so, whether the symptoms were treated and what treatment was given."

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"Combined use of medications and psychotherapy at the onset of treatment can confound evaluation of treatment effectiveness and the observed source of change."

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