Depression - Treating Symptoms (2)
Doctor Jon Lieberman outlines three treatments for depression - medication, talk therapy, and a combination of both. The combined approach has consistently been most successful.
My opinion about the treatment of depression is comprehensive. We can look at, and many studies support what I will now mention. There is medication alone, there is talk psychotherapy alone, and thirdly a combination of medications and talk therapy. And in every study that I’m aware of, it’s a combination of medication and talk therapy as being the most efficacious treatment for depression.
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