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

"If a child's depression has been caused wholly or in part by psychological factors, medication may relieve the depression, but the underlying cause will not be "cured" by medication alone."

 

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"Therapy can help the child deal with his past in a healthy manner, and to learn ways to cope with the very difficult process of growing up."

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  • In 2002, suicide was the third leading cause of death among young males, age 15 to 24.
  • In the United States, researchers estimate that in any given one year period, depressive illnesses affect 12 percent of women (more than 12 million women) and nearly 7 percent of men (more than six million men).
  • NIMH-sponsored studies estimate that 6 percent of 9- to 17-year-olds in the United States and almost 10 percent of American adults, or about 19 million people age 18 and older, experience some form of depression every year.
  • Research has revealed that people with alcoholism are almost twice as likely as those without alcoholism to also suffer from major depression.
  • A study supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that CBT led to remission in nearly 65 percent of cases, a higher rate than either supportive therapy or family therapy.

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"Despite the enormous advances in brain research in the past 20 years, depression often goes undiagnosed and untreated."

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"Antidepressant drugs are not habit-forming, however, as is the case with any type of medication prescribed for more than a few days, antidepressants have to be carefully monitored to see if the correct dosage is being given."

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"Depending on the patient's diagnosis and severity of symptoms, the therapist may prescribe medication and/or one of the several forms of psychotherapy that have proven effective for depression."

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"In men, common problems include reduced sexual drive, erectile dysfunction, and delayed ejaculation."

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