Persistent physical symptoms such as headaches, stomach and bowel complaints or chronic pain that do not respond to medical treatment and for which no physical cause could be found. Depression cannot be controlled just through exercise, changes in diet, taking a vacation or waiting it out. Today, effective treatment is available for this most treatable of mental disorders. Most patients are best treated with a combination of antidepressant medication and psychotherapy. It is important to seek treatment early to prevent the illness from becoming more severe and chronic.
Treatment can prevent recurrence of depression.
It helps prevent the most dreaded, final consequence of depression, suicide. Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is also known as manic-depressive disorder. Each cycle can least from several days to a few months. When in the depressed state, the individual suffers any or all of the symptoms of major depressive disorder. Various medicines are effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder.