"Medication as a first-line course of treatment should be considered for children and adolescents with severe symptoms that would prevent effective psychotherapy, those who are unable to undergo psychotherapy, those with psychosis, and those with chronic or recurrent episodes."

"Some anticonvulsants that are being used now include lamotrigine (Lamictal) and gabapentin (Neurontin): their role in the treatment hierarchy of bipolar disorder remains under study."

 

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""Behavioral" therapists help patients learn how to obtain more satisfaction and rewards through their own actions and how to unlearn the behavioral patterns that contribute to or result from their depression."

Depression Symptoms Facts

  • Research has revealed that depression is occurring earlier in life today than in past decades.
  • Medications alone appear to be helpful in approximately 50% of the cases.
  • 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.
  • Researchers estimate that at least six million men in the United States suffer from a depressive disorder every year.
  • More than four times as many men as women die by suicide in the United States, even though women make more suicide attempts during their lives.

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To Reap Psychotherapy?s Benefits, Get a Good Fit
If the outcome may be months or years away, how can a person tell whether his psychotherapy is any good?
Experts Question Study on Youth Suicide Rates
Experts are questioning a study’s linking a 2004 increase in the suicide rate for children and adolescents to a warning by drug regulators about the use of antidepressants in minors.
Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe You're Just a Perfectionist
Several recent studies stand as a warning against taking the platitudes of achievement too seriously.
How to Figure Out When Therapy Is Over
If you feel good, do you need the therapist? Or does the therapist need you?
You?re a Good Prop, Cruel Muse
The reputation of Charles M. Schulz, creator of “Peanuts,” as a tormented creative soul seems poised only to grow.

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Anxiety And Depression After Cancer

"Medication is usually the second choice after a comprehensive and competent trial of psychotherapy."

Fish Oil For Treating Depression Anxiety Disorders

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

Depression Seasonal Diet Pill

"Parents and children should work with their health care provider to determine the best and most appropriate treatment."

Depression Help

"Appropriate treatment, often involving medication and/or short term psychotherapy, can help most people who suffer from depression."

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