What would your treatment plan be for me? ?!


Question: What would your treatment plan be for me!? !?
You are a psychologist and I am your patient!. I meet the DSM-IV criteria for clinical depression!. Www@Answer-Health@Com


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there are many kinds of clinically diagnose depressions such as Atypical Depression-depression in people who have an ability to cheer themselves up by doing certain things; Bipolar Depression-with manic episode(s); Endogenous Depression-Acute Depression with no obvious cause(s); Involutional Depression-Depression that occurs in the elderly; Reactive Depression-Depression caused by an obvious traumatic life episode(s); Major Depression-Depression in people who have no ability to cheer themselves up; Postpartum Depression-Depression that occurs in women soon after giving birth; etc!.!.

you can be treated with anti depressant!.!.

or psychotherapy can relieve mild to moderate depression as effectively as antidepressant drugs!.!.Unlike medication, psychotherapy produces no physiological side effects!.!.In addition, depressed people treated with psychotherapy appear less likely to experience a relapse than those treated only with antidepressant medication!.!.However, psychotherapy usually takes longer to produce benefits!.!.

Electro convulsive therapy ( ECT ) can often relieve severe depression in people who fail to respond to antidepressant medication and psychotherapy!.!.In this type of therapy, a low-voltage electric current is passed through the brain for one to two seconds to produce a controlled seizure!.!.

For milder cases of depression, regular aerobic exercise may improve mood as effectively as psychotherapy or medication!.!.In addition, some research indicates that dietary modifications can influence one



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