Depression : Treatment Modalities
Treatment Modalities
- Individual psychotherapy
- Group therapy
- Family therapy
- Cognitive therapy
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Mechanism of action: Thought to increase levels of biogenic amines
- Side effects: Temporary memory loss and confusion
- Risks: Mortality; permanent memory loss; brain damage
- Medications: Pretreatment medication; muscle relaxant; short-acting anesthetic
- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Vagal nerve stimulation and deep brain stimulation
- Light therapy
- Psychopharmacology
- Tricyclics
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (M A O I’s)
- Heterocyclics
- Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors