729500
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Mind Map by thomasjagar, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by thomasjagar
over 10 years ago
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Treatment of
Major Depression
- BIOLOGICAL
- Antidepressants
- tricyclics
- SSRIs
- SNRIs
- SNRIs & tricyclics affect
norepinephrine, whilst SSRIs don't,
meaning there are fewer side-effects
- SSRIs not as effective, but
prefered because lack of
side effects
- SSRIs not as effective, but
prefered because lack of
side effects
- Cheap and easy to
administer
- Discontinuation
syndrome
- Stop using them
and relapse
- tricyclics
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- 2nd line of treatment if
people are unresponsive
to drugs
- If used with
antidepressants the
relapse rate is much
lower than just drugs
- Have to see a doctor
far more often
- 2nd line of treatment if
people are unresponsive
to drugs
- Antidepressants
- Cognitive Therapy
- Education phase
- Behavioural
activation
- cognitive rehearsal
- Behavioural
hypothesis testing
- breakaway
from the
negative
automatic
thoughts
- More control
for patient:
can eliminate
hopelessness
- More
rewarding
- More
rewarding
- Less likely to relapse
- Teaches
them how to
cope when
feeling down
- Mindfulness
- Mindfulness
- Teaches
them how to
cope when
feeling down
- Lots of emprical
research
- Less effective for severe cases of depression
- Needs sufficiently skilled
therapists
- Education phase
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