"Antianxiety drugs or sedatives are not antidepressants but they are sometimes prescribed along with antidepressants; however, they are not effective when taken alone for a depressive disorder."

"Medications alone appear to be helpful in approximately 50% of the cases."

 

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New Findings Add Nuance To Discussion Of Early Sex
Recent research reveals how boys and girls react differently to having their first sexual experience.
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.
CASES; Missing a Diagnosis That Hit Too Close to Home
Treating V.I.P. or celebrity patients sometimes short-circuits a physician’s normal diagnostic thinking.
BEHAVIOR; How to Figure Out When Therapy Is Over
If you feel good, do you need the therapist? Or does the therapist need you?
OP-ED COLUMNIST; Terror and Demons
Having read about Carol Ann Gotbaum, I did something I rarely do. I went back and read my mother’s suicide note.
A Battle With Depression and Suicidal Tendencies
Susan Endersbe, a schizophrenic who lived in Minneapolis, battled depression all her life.
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.

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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."

Depression Symptoms Facts

  • More than half of people with bipolar disorder type I (with severe mania) have a co occurring substance use disorder.
  • Research has revealed that depression is occurring earlier in life today than in past decades.
  • Depression has been found to occur at a higher rate among people who have other serious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, HIV, diabetes, and Parkinsons.
  • Genetics research indicates that risk for depression results from the influence of multiple genes acting together with environmental or other nongenetic factors.
  • 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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"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)."

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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."

Alta Healthcare

"Combined use of medications and psychotherapy at the onset of treatment can confound evaluation of treatment effectiveness and the observed source of change."

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"The Food and Drug Administration issued a Public Health Advisory on February 10, 2000 that stated that St John's wort appears to affect an important metabolic pathway that is used by many drugs prescribed to treat conditions such as AIDS, heart disease, depression, seizures, certain cancers, and rejection of transplants and therefore, health care providers should alert their patients about these potential drug interactions."

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