Month: July 2021

Treatment for Depression: Medication

Medication for Depression There are many options for medications in order to treat depression.  A positive aspect of antidepressants is they often treat anxiety as well, and many people have anxiety and depression combined.  Although there are many classes of medications for depression, I will focus on three different...
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Types of Mental Health Practitioners

Types of Mental Health Practitioners Types of Mental Health Practitioners For mental health needs, there are many different types of practitioners that a person can go to when they are suffering from mental illness. Let’s discuss what the different types of practitioners and their roles are. These are in...
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Treatment for Depression: Therapy

Therapy Therapy is a something that a lot of people are reticent about. Because mental illnesses have a biological basis, I have a different perspective about therapy.  If you had a stroke (which is also a brain-based illness), you would receive physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Let’s discuss different...
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The Neurobiology of Depression

Depression and the Brain Unlike an open wound or a cast on a broken leg, we cannot actually see that someone has hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, or depression.  We only know we have these illness because of the effects it has on our bodies.  They refer to hypertension...
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