Disclaimer
This site is not
intended to substitute for or replace the advice of mental healthcare
professionals. If you suffer episodes of depression or other mental illnesses,
you should seek medical care. You can ask your doctors for restorative mental
healthcare. You can try quick and easy mental healthcare - the label and
medicate approach. Be warned that if done carelessly, this may involve
misdiagnosis or even adverse effects of antidepressant medications. Short-term
depression is often treated effectively with antidepressants. The treatment for
chronic mood disorder conditions is outlined in the practice guidelines of the
psychiatric profession. Even laymen can read these guidelines and ask their
doctors for medical advice which is consistent with the guidelines. The
psychiatric profession's guidelines suggest that proper care includes
documenting the patient's medical and mental history, family medical and mental
history, doing medical tests for underlying conditions which may accompany
depression, making a differential diagnosis and using methods of treatment which
can either be designed to help the sick person restore normal mood without
adverse effects or medicate to numb the pain or ECT to reset the brain. Therapy
can also help a depressed patient cope with chronic illness and process the
issues involved with mental illness.
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