What is the Treatment for Major Depression?
Basic types of treatment for depression include antidepressant medications, psychotherapy.
•antidepressant medications- Antidepressant medicines are almost always prescribed, effective especially when combined with psychotherapy
•psychotherapy- most often cognitive-behavioral and/or interpersonal therapy) for the individual. Cognitive-behavioral focused on the negative thinking and behavioral patterns associated with depression, and teaches the individual to recognize and target the self-defeating behavioral patterns that contribute to their depression.
Severe major depression is usually quite easy for a medical practitioner or clinical psychologist to
recognise. Approaching your psychiatrist or clinical psychologist is what we suggest for the cure of
major depression.
You do not need to feel suicidal, and you do not need to have a history of hospitalizations either, although both of these factors are present in some people with major depression.
Interpersonal therapy working through difficult relationships; identifying stressors in the individual and learning how to avoid them.
