Depression is the 2nd most common mental health issue in the world of therapy. It is highly linked to anxiety both in its diagnostic (tests like the DASS for example rate both) and treatment (serotonin uptake re-inhibitors, anti-depressants also prescribed for anxiety).
Major depressive episodes can take their source in a variety of conditions and play out differently from patient to patient.
Therapeutic protocols for treatment of depression include identifying causes and triggers, addressing symptoms particularly those which contribute to further “objective” mental hurt (inability to go out, work, socialise for ex.) while addressing long-term causes and compulsive-depressive self talk and worldviews.
Common tools and therapies for depression.
DTo treat depression the therapist will first need to determine more accurately what type of depression you are suffering from. Some depressive profiles include a high degree of anxiety and restlessness about current events, where others may have a melancholic type depression missing cruelly an idealised past. Some depressive patients suffer from dissociative episodes (de-realisation, dis-association) or catatonia where others may occasionally engage in mania or manic-depressive cycles. Some mothers suffer from post-partum depression, other suffer from seasonal depression.
Symptoms & Treatments
- Personalised Diagnostic: DASS form, talk therapy, client existential inventory, contexts and triggers, traumas and compulsive scripts.
- Related Therapies: We can recommend you to other medical partners if we suspect your depression maybe related to a physical condition, a psychiatric profile or a neurological disorder.
- Resources: Read the DSM5 definition criteria for Depression, Related co-morbidities such as Bipolar disorder etc.