Depression treatments

There is a wide range of effective evidence-based treatments for depression. These include therapy and antidepressants. What works best will be different for each person.

Your mental health professional will work with you to find the best treatment for you. You may need to try a few different ones to find the one that works best for your depression.

Getting the right help and treatment for depression is important.

There is a range of effective treatments that can help you improve/manage. Start by talking to your GP.

Important things to know about treating depression:

Different types of depression respond to different types of treatment. Before prescribing treatment, you need a thorough examination by a health professional.

Depression sometimes goes away on its own. But if left untreated, it can take months or get significantly worse. Always seek help early so you can recover sooner.

Depending on the nature of your depression, self-help and alternative therapies can be helpful. They can be used alone or in combination with physical and psychological therapies.

Most people who have had depression have been able to seek help and live an active and fulfilling life.

Factors causing depression

Depression is a multifactorial disease and several genetic and environmental factors play a role in its occurrence. First-degree relatives of depressed people are about 3 times more likely to suffer from depression than the general population. However, depression can occur in people who have no family history of depression.

Patients with neurological deterioration (especially Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease), stroke and heart attack, MS, seizure disorders, cancer and chronic pain are prone to depression.

In general, daily life events and people's concerns act as triggers for depression. Traumatic events such as the death or loss of a loved one, lack or reduction of social support, financial problems, intellectual conflicts, and interpersonal problems are examples of stressors that can cause depression.

When should we see a doctor?

Depression is a progressive disease and needs to be diagnosed quickly. Symptoms of depression are mild at first and are easily treated.

If you feel depressed, it is better to talk to experts to treat the disease in the early stages instead of ignoring it.

Don't forget that any kind of negligence in the treatment of depression will turn mild depression into severe depression and have dangerous side effects.