"Some medications must be stopped gradually to give the body time to adjust."

"Recently, concerns have been raised that the use of antidepressant medications themselves may induce suicidal behavior in youths."

Psychoterapy


Many forms of psychotherapy, including some short-term (10-20 week) therapies, can help depressed individuals. "Talking" therapies help patients gain insight into and resolve their problems through verbal exchange with the therapist, sometimes combined with "homework" assignments between sessions. "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.

Two of the short-term psychotherapies that research has shown helpful for some forms of depression are interpersonal and cognitive/behavioral therapies. Interpersonal therapists focus on the patient's disturbed personal relationships that both cause and exacerbate (or increase) the depression. Cognitive/behavioral therapists help patients change the negative styles of thinking and behaving often associated with depression.

Psychodynamic therapies, which are sometimes used to treat depressed persons, focus on resolving the patient's conflicted feelings. These therapies are often reserved until the depressive symptoms are significantly improved. In general, severe depressive illnesses, particularly those that are recurrent, will require medication (or ECT under special conditions) along with, or preceding, psychotherapy for the best outcome.

"Depression is a serious medical condition that affects the body, mood, thoughts, the way one eats and sleeps, how one thinks about things, and one's self perception."

the exorcism: III

dollhead77 posted a photo:

Sometimes it helps me to objectify myself this way, as strange as that may sound considering how angry I get about being made to feel unacceptable and ugly because of my weight and imperfections.

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

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

Reduce Stress

"Discontinuation of medications, as appropriate, should be done gradually over a period of 6 weeks or longer."

Dynamic Yield Stress

"Discontinuation of medications, as appropriate, should be done gradually over a period of 6 weeks or longer."

Stress Mangement

"If successful, this may be a more convenient and safer medication option than the older MAOI tablets."