Psychotherapy provides an objective eye to help you discover what you need to change to feel better and stay better. Psychotherapy is in itself a source of support as the nurse working with you listens and accepts what you are going through. Psychotherapy increases your chances of staying well because it helps you to develop new skills. Improving Health Behaviors When people become depressed they tend to neglect their health. They tend to eat too little or too much, and do not take care to eat regular or well-balanced meals.
Depressed people tend to use too much caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol.
Depressed people often don't sleep well, nor do they exercise. These changes in healthy living tend to make the depression worse, and last longer. People who have good health habits have less trouble with depression. An important treatment for depression is adopting a healthier life style. There is considerable relapse among people who have depression.