last updated 9/3/2024
Two key ideas:
- Self-change (with workbooks or on your own) and psychotherapies are often as effective as an antidepressant.
- On average, one of every four people with depression is somewhere over to the right on the “mood spectrum”: not manic, but not plain depression either. Antidepressants are tricky over there.
If you are considering an antidepressant, read these two pages first:
- What kind of depression do you have? Take the MoodCheck questionnaire
- What are the risks of antidepressants?
Otherwise, you can learn more about self-change and psychotherapy using the links below.
| Self-change: sleep, activity, people, meaning | Psychotherapies: several types; low-cost but effective |