Live Well Cincy minishing level of companionship from the depressed friend or family member as social withdrawal is a common symptom of depression. For those people, Pettibone recommends resources like the National Alliance on Mental Illness to help with their situation. But sometimes friends and colleagues don’t pick up on the signs, perhaps because the sufferer is trying to carry on as best they can, unwilling to talk about it for fear of embarrassment, shame or appearing weak, Pettibone says. Practitioners have a common, emphatic response dispelling those concerns. “There is no shame in seeking out help for this, just as you would for any other medical condition, like chest pain or shortness of breath,” Pettibone says. “Depression is not a sign of weakness or that you are a bad person,” McCutcheon adds. “I would also like people to know that there is hope for them, and that very effective treatments exist for depression.” Medication may be prescribed, most commonly Selective Serotonin Reuptake
“There is no shame in seeking out help for this, just as you would for any other medical condition, like chest pain or shortness of breath.” — Dr. Zachary Pettibone, staff psychiatrist at the Linder Center for Hope
Inhibitors, or SSRIs. “These medications can help reduce some symptoms of depression within a span of four to six weeks,” McCutcheon says. “Usually they do not ‘cure’ depression, and the people who do best are the ones who combine appropriate medication
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management with psychotherapy and lifestyle changes.” He says the most common psychotherapy provided by far is some form of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, or CBT. “Usually a therapist meets with a patient six to 12 times for about an hour each,