"PsychotherapiesSeveral forms of psychotherapy, including some short term (10 20 weeks) therapies, can help people with depressive disorders."

"Research has revealed that people with alcoholism are almost twice as likely as those without alcoholism to also suffer from major depression."

 

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"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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  • Substantial evidence from neuroscience, genetics, and clinical investigation shows that depressive illnesses are disorders of the brain.
  • An NIMH funded clinical trial of 439 adolescents with major depression found that a combination of medication and psychotherapy is the most effective treatment.
  • Although available therapies alleviate symptoms in over 80 percent of those treated, less than half of people with depression get the help they need.
  • Substantial evidence from neuroscience, genetics, and clinical investigation shows that depressive illnesses are disorders of the brain.
  • Twenty to 40 percent of adolescents with major depression go on to reveal bipolar disorder within five years after the onset of depression.

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"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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"Many people with dysthymia also experience major depressive episodes at some time in their lives."

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"Psychodynamic therapies, which are sometimes used to treat depressed persons, focus on resolving the patient's conflicted feelings."

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"Brain imaging technologies are now allowing scientists to see how effective treatment with medication or psychotherapy is reflected in changes in brain activity."

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