Ask an Expert: Depression Treatments
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- Is depression treatable? [0:34]
- How well do antidepressants work? [1:01]
- What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? How does it compare to psychotherapy? [1:05]
- How effective is Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)? [1:06]
Learn more about depression treatments:
Depression Fact Sheet: English version (PDF, 748k) Spanish version (PDF, 796k)
National Institute of Mental Health "Finding Help": nimh.nih.gov/ health/ topics/ getting-help-locate-services/
NAMI page on finding support: nami.org/ Template.cfm?section=Find_Support
Dr.Peter Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac, blog: blogs.psychologytoday.com/ blog/ in-practice
Transcript
Is depression treatable?
DR. THOMAS INSEL: Getting there early's important. And in this case, it's important because we can treat this illness. This is an illness in which we have both medications and targeted psychotherapies that really work. Now, they don't work in everybody, but they work in most people. And they don't work necessarily quickly. But if someone can get the appropriate treatment and stay with it, the prognosis is actually very, very good. So there's every reason to start early and to continue treatment, to make sure that you get the best outcome--
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