"The most important thing anyone can do for a man who may have depression is to help him get to a doctor for a diagnostic evaluation and treatment."

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

 

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"Genetics research indicates that risk for depression results from the influence of multiple genes acting together with environmental or other nongenetic factors."

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  • Medications alone appear to be helpful in approximately 50% of the cases.
  • 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.
  • Approximately 80 percent of older adults with depression improve when they receive treatment with antidepressant medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both.
  • An NIMH sponsored study of 9 to 17 year olds estimates that the prevalence of any depressive disorder is more than 6 percent in a six month period, with almost 5 percent having major depression.
  • More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.

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"The depressed person should be encouraged to obey the doctor's orders about the use of alcoholic products while on medication."

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"More persistent memory problems are variable and can be minimized with the use of modern treatment techniques, such as application of both stimulus electrodes to the right side of the head (unilateral ECT)."

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"Very often, a combination of genetic, cognitive, and environmental factors is involved in the onset of a depressive disorder."

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"Antidepressants may cause mild and, usually, temporary side effects (sometimes referred to as adverse effects) in some people."

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