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Some drugs, like alcohol (wine, beer, and hard liquor) or street drugs, may reduce the effectiveness of antidepressants and should be avoided.
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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.
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"Psychotherapy can generally be considered ineffective if a trial of three months has not produced a measurable and noticeable improvement."
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  • An NIMH funded clinical trial of 439 adolescents with major depression found that a combination of medication and psychotherapy is the most effective treatment.
  • 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.
  • Although available therapies alleviate symptoms in over 80 percent of those treated, less than half of people with depression get the help they need.
  • 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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BEHAVIOR; 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?
Suicide Findings Question Link to Antidepressants
Two studies suggest that treatment of depression, either with psychotherapy or drugs, reduces the risk of suicide attempts in all age groups, especially during the first months of treatment.
F.D.A. Expands Suicide Warning on Drugs
The F.D.A. ordered drug makers to add warnings to antidepressants saying that they increase the risk of suicidal thinking or behavior in some young adults.
Study of Ex-N.F.L. Players Ties Concussion to Depression Risk
Study finds strong correlation between rate of diagnosed clinical depression among retired National Football League players and number of concussions they sustained; study corroborates other findings regarding brain trauma and later-life depression in other subsets of general population; NFL has long asserted that concussions in football have no longterm effects; in January, neuropathologist claimed that repeated concussions contributed to Nov suicide of former Philadelphia Eagles player Andre Waters; three weeks later, former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson revealed his significant depression and cognitive decline has been linked by neurologists to on-field concussions; he claims his most damaging concussion was sustained after his coach Bill Belichick coerced him into practicing against advice of team doctors; NFL, which has consistently defended its teams' treatment of concussions, has recently announced severel related initiatives; study is published in journal of American College of Sports Medicine; photos (M)...
PRO FOOTBALL; An Answer to Help Clear His Fog
Mel Renfro, a former star defensive back for the Dallas Cowboys and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, participated in a recent study linking concussions to clinical depression.
SELF-NONMEDICATION
When my life fell apart, I started taking an antidepressant — then got off it on my own.

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"Modern brain imaging technologies reveal that, in depression, neural circuits responsible for the regulation of moods, thinking, sleep, appetite, and behavior fail to function properly, and critical neurotransmitterschemicals that brain cells use to communicate are out of balance."

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"Stimulants, such as amphetamines, are not effective antidepressants, but they are used occasionally under close supervision in medically ill depressed patients."

High Ridge Healthcare

"In one NIMH supported study, more than 40 percent of people with PTSD also had depression when evaluated at one month and four months following the traumatic event."

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"Cognitive/behavioral therapists help patients change the negative styles of thinking and behaving often associated with depression."
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