Depression: Medications
Medications for depression aim to recalibrate the imbalance in the chemicals in your brain. Learn more about medications for depression here.
When it comes to treating depression with medication, this generally works best when combined with psychotherapy. Medications for depression aim to recalibrate the imbalance in the naturally produced chemicals in your brain.
If you have experienced depression before and recovered, remember what your triggers may or may not be, so when those triggers may happen, you can speak with your doctor and see what the best next step would be for you.
- Susan Samuels, MDDr. Samuels is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending psychiatrist at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
References
American Psychiatric Association. (n.d.). What is depression?
National Alliance on Mental Illness. (n.d.). ECT, TMS and and other bran stimulation therapies.
National Institute of Mental Health. (2014). Rapid agent restores pleasure-seeking ahead of other antidepressant action.
For additional resources or to connect with mental health services in your area, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357. For immediate assistance, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988, or text HOME to 741-741 to reach the Crisis Text Line.
