Thursday, January 7, 2010

"Popular Drugs May Only Help Severe Depression"

1/7/10. This article is not a surprise --- as far as it goes, which is --- not far enough. The antidepressant drugs often help people with panic attacks, chronic mild to moderate depressed mood , and the range of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

For people with life-long mild to moderate depressed mood, antidepressant medication "puts air in their tires."

Severe depression fits the criteria of a brain disease and often responds to pharmacotherapy.

The data overwhelming suggest that psychological therapy helps some people, medication helps some people and does not help others, and the best combination for treatment of psychiatric disorders is often psychological therapy and medication.

Both psychological therapy and medications are under-used --- the stigma of getting help for problems of the mind still exists --- at a time when psychologists and psychiatrists have many effective treatments to offer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/health/views/06depress.html?em

And more on depression ---

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/opinion/09warner.html?em

And the benefits of antidepressants ---

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/health/12mind.html?hpw

Looking at ways to treat depression - Letters to the Editor ---

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/opinion/l12warner.html

1 comment:

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