Treatment-resistent depression
Have you been taking medication for your depression and feel that you either have to keep increasing the dose or switching medications in order try to relieve your symptoms? Have you tried counseling before and found that nothing worked or that your symptoms returned once you stopped going?
If so, you could have Treatment-resistant depression or, what is sometimes referred to as refractory depression. Unfortunately, for some people, standard depression treatments don’t always work. Up to 40% of people with depression aren't effectively helped by antidepressants or standard therapy approaches indicated in depression treatment (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2001).
Treatment-resistant depression can leave you feeling fruatrated and hopeless. However, new research is shaping the future of depression treatment. Treatment-resistant depression requires an approach that is supported by the latest in neuroscientific research - especially with regard to focusing on affective processes, rather than just focusing on cognitive and/or behavioral processes.
Whatever you do, don’t settle. Don’t give up and accept the symptoms of depression. Remember, the longer a depression goes on, the harder it may be to treat. Many people can get their treatment-resistant depression under control. You and your provider just need to find the right approach.
If so, you could have Treatment-resistant depression or, what is sometimes referred to as refractory depression. Unfortunately, for some people, standard depression treatments don’t always work. Up to 40% of people with depression aren't effectively helped by antidepressants or standard therapy approaches indicated in depression treatment (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2001).
Treatment-resistant depression can leave you feeling fruatrated and hopeless. However, new research is shaping the future of depression treatment. Treatment-resistant depression requires an approach that is supported by the latest in neuroscientific research - especially with regard to focusing on affective processes, rather than just focusing on cognitive and/or behavioral processes.
Whatever you do, don’t settle. Don’t give up and accept the symptoms of depression. Remember, the longer a depression goes on, the harder it may be to treat. Many people can get their treatment-resistant depression under control. You and your provider just need to find the right approach.