How to treat depression

Depression treatment methods are mainly the following: 1, drug therapy: drug therapy is mainly antidepressant treatment. Tricyclic antidepressants are more effective, but due to the side effects, currently in the elimination of drugs, common drugs such as amitriptyline, Doxepin. Selective 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitors, common drugs sertraline, fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, paroxetine, citalopram, and the newly added escitalopram, also known clinically as six golden flowers. Selective 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, such as duloxetine and venlafaxine, dual-receptor drugs are more effective in patients with depression with somatic symptoms when compared with single-receptor drugs. However, dual receptor drugs have a slight effect on blood pressure in hypertensive patients and are chosen clinically based on some patient conditions. There are other types of drugs with other mechanisms of action, such as trazodone and mirtazapine are also commonly used in antidepressant and anxiolytic treatment; 2, psychotherapy: psychotherapy is commonly used for cognitive-behavioral therapy, some patients should need family therapy, marital aspects of treatment, and some adolescents need sand tray therapy, group therapy, etc.; 3, physical therapy: depression is more serious, the effect of medication is not good, suicidal tendencies are more obvious Patients with more severe depression, poor effect of medication and more obvious suicidal tendency are often treated with non-convulsive electroconvulsive therapy MECT, and transcranial magnetic stimulation is very effective in improving depressive symptoms and improving sleep. Biofeedback therapy can improve the patient’s anxiety symptoms, so that patients learn to self-adjust; 4, life guidance: patients will also be recommended to do some rehabilitation recommendations, such as reasonable diet, reasonable sleep, frequent sunbathing, research has proved that depression is related to the reduction of sunlight, foreign countries use sunbathing to treat depression. Let the patient exercise more. Whether it is depression or not requires a visit to the mental health department of a professional medical institution for some psychological assessment to determine the severity of depression. Antidepressants have certain side effects and there are individualized principles, so be sure to seek the advice of your doctor before taking the medication to avoid adverse reactions.