Depression Treatment Summary

Congratulations on completing Treating Depression, and the whole Depression Learning Path! You should be fully aware of: .

• Exactly how depression works - a better understanding than most medical practitioners, counselors and therapists.
• What to look for in a depression counselor or therapist.
• How to avoid depression counseling that tends to worsen depression.
• What the research says about the best ways to treat depression.
• The side effects of the various antidepressants.
• How depression is diagnosed.
• What the signs and symptoms of depression are.
• What you can do now to help yourself.

(If you have arrived here without doing the rest of the Path, you can start here.)

We hope you have found this a useful resource in tackling depression. Below is a summary of the final section, but first, if you would like to download a free printable version of the Learning Path you can do so here:
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Section Summary

• What the research says about drug treatments for depression
• Why drugs treat the symptoms of depression, rather than the 'causes'
• The differences between different types of depression medication
• How antidepressants work
• Whether controlling depression with drugs is a good idea in the long term
• The side effects of antidepressants
• Alternative treatments for depression - depression counseling and therapy
• What types of therapy and counseling to avoid
• The best therapy and counseling approaches for overcoming depression
• Self help for depression
• How to choose a good depression counselor or therapist

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