Depressed? Talk about it
A new study offers additional support for a common assumption about treating depression and anxiety: a combination of medication and therapy is more effective than either treatment alone.Talk therapy alone, however, was as effective as drugs when subjects attended more than 13 sessions. (Those who participated in 6 or fewer therapy sessions and didn't take medications fared the worst.)
The study, by Consumer Reports magazine, isn't as rigorous as one might hope, but it does point toward the efficacy of combined treatment. It also underlines that depression is not a physical disease alone.
A second recent study challenges another common assumption about depression: that depressed people tend to focus on negatives, such as feelings of sadness and loss. Some do, some don't.
.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Tuesday, September 28, 2004
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