How is depression treated?

In this final episode Professor Mark Williams and Danny Penman discuss how imaging studies show that Mindfulness may have numerous profoundly positive effects on the brain. 

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is especially good for people who have suffered the most debilitating forms of depression. The evidence for its effectiveness is overwhelming and continues to grow. 

Mindfulness therapy is an extremely effective treatment preventing relapse in depression. But what does it entail and how does it work? 

Nearly one in five US adults are diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. As the use of antidepressants have steadily risen since their introduction in the 1980s, what have we learned about depression? Is depression truly a “chemical imbalance” of the brain? And wh ... Show More

<p><span>Depression has often been blamed on low levels of serotonin in the brain. That answer is insufficient, but alternatives are coming into view and changing our understanding of the disease. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is “Redwood Trail” by Audionautix.</span></p ... Show More

Talking about depression can be difficult and very subjective. A personal experience is shared in this episode, with a goal of raising awareness about the different methods of therapy that we can follow to heal. Your questions, comments, feedbacks, and experiences are very welcom ... Show More

Have you ever been told that your anxiety must mean you're also depressed - or vice versa? You're not alone. Back in the early 2000s, even some psychiatrist used to tell their patients that. I've educated most of my colleagues about this, but in 2025, I thought DOCTORS knew bette ... Show More

Dr. Julie Osborn returns with a discussion on depression. She shares a couple of ways that cognitive behavioral therapy can help us to avoid depression altogether, as well some tools for us when we are suffering.Visit us on Instagram at MyCBTPodcastOr on Facebook at Dr Julie Osbo ... Show More

Stop telling people they are not depressed because it does not look the way that you think it should look! Depression presents itself in many different way! Connect with me on IG: @iamlatricerainer 

<p>This episode covers depression.<br/><br/>Written notes can be found at <a href='https://zerotofinals.com/moremedicine/psychiatry/depression/'>https://zerotofinals.com/moremedicine/psychiatry/depression/</a> or in the psychiatry section of the Zero to Finals More Medicine book ... Show More

Depression seems to be a national epidemic in the United States. We hear about a lot of pharmaceutical solutions… so why aren’t we getting better? What if everything we thought we knew about depression and how to heal from it was wrong? We’ll talk to Dr. Jodie Skillicorn, author ... Show More

For most of the history of modern psychology, therapists paid a lot more attention to people's deficits than their strengths. But this is changing. Now, some psychologists believe that therapists should pay more attention to clients' strengths.