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Teenage Depression : Treatments

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Treatment options for adolescents with depression include supportive care from a medical provider, psychotherapy, and antidepressant medications. It is important that treatment be customized to the adolescent and the severity of depression symptoms.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 20, 2009
Behavioral therapy, or behavioral modification, is a psychological technique based on the premise that specific, observable, maladaptive, badly adjusted, or self-destructing behaviors can be modified by learning new, more appropriate behaviors to ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
The box-like structure and people''s misunderstandings about behavioral psychology contributed to the misconception that Skinner was experimenting on his daughter and also probably prevented the crib from becoming a commercial success. People got t...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Behavior modification is a treatment approach, based on the principles of operant conditioning, that replaces undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement.Behavior modification is used to treat a variet...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Behavior therapy was developed during the 1950s by researchers and therapists critical of the psychodynamic.treatment methods that prevailed at the time. It drew on a variety of theoretical work, including the classical conditioning principles of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Interpersonal therapy(IPT) is a short-term supportive psychotherapy that focuses on the connection between interactions between people and the development of a person''s psychiatric symptoms.Interpersonal therapy was initially developed to treat ad...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Pioneers in the development of cognitive behavior therapy include Albert Ellis(1929-), who developed rational-emotive therapy(RET) in the 1950s, and Aaron Beck(1921—), whose cognitive therapy has been widely.used for depression and anxiety. ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that maladaptive, or faulty, thinking patterns cause maladaptive behavior and"negative" emotions.(Maladaptive behavior is behavior that is counter-product...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cognitive therapy is a psychosocial(both psychological and social) therapy that assumes that faulty thought patterns(called cognitive patterns) cause maladaptive behavior and emotional responses. The treatment focuses on changing thoughts in order...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Behavioral therapy can help ease panic disorder, whether in conjunction with medication or alone.
Source:StayWell
What's the difference between a can-do and a won't-try person? It's usually a matter of bravery.
Source:StayWell
In deep brain stimulation(DBS), electrodes are implanted within the brain to deliver a continuous low electric current to the target area. The current is passed to the electrodes through a wire running under the scalp and skin to a battery-powered...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
If your symptoms of Parkinson's disease are severe and medications don't help, surgery may be suggested. Surgery is not a cure. It may help relieve some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, mainly tremor and rigidity.
Source:StayWell
Deep brain stimulation(DBS) delivers a constant low electrical stimulation to a small region of the brain, through implanted electrodes connected to an implanted battery. It is used to partially restore normal movements in Parkinson''s disease, ess...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Using electrical impulses to stimulate or inhibit brain activity may be a treatment option for those suffering from severe depression or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Source:StayWell
A review of recent research involving magnetic stimulation of the brain and its effects on depression, schizophrenia, and other disorders. Includes discussion of several different forms of electromagnetic therapy.
Source:StayWell
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a method of verbal communication used to help a person find relief from emotional pain. It is based on the theories and techniques of psychoanalysis.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
The treatment of mental or emotional disorders and adjustment problems through the use of psychological techniques rather than through physical or biological means.Psychoanalysis, the first modern form of psychotherapy, was called the"talking cure...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Psychotherapy can be defined as a means of treating psychological or emotional problems such as neurosis or personality disorder through verbal and nonverbal communication. It is the treatment of psychological distress through talking with a speci...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Psychotherapy can be defined as a means of treating such psychological or emotional problems as neurosis or personality disorder through verbal and nonverbal communication. It is the treatment of psychological distress through talking with a speci...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Contrary to what many people believe, psychotherapy for anxiety, depression, phobias or stress doesn't have to be a long and costly process. Feeling better doesn't require a lifetime of intensive psychotherapy.
Source:StayWell
Psychotherapy integration is defined as an approach to psychotherapy that includes a variety of attempts to look beyond the confines of single-school approaches in order to see what can be learned from other perspectives. It is characterized by an...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
The treatment of mental or emotional disorders and adjustment problems through the use of psychological techniques rather than through physical or biological means.Psychoanalysis, the first modern form of psychotherapy, was called the"talking cure...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
A Harvard Medical School doctor answers your question about vagus nerve stimulation, now being tested for the treatment of depression.
Source:StayWell
The therapist focuses on the interaction between family members, analyzing the role played by each member in maintaining the system. Family therapy can be especially helpful for dealing with problems that develop in response to a particular event ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy that involves all members of a nuclear family or stepfamily and, in some cases, members of the extended family(e.g., grandparents). A therapist or team of therapists conducts multiple sessions to help fami...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves all the members of a nuclear or extended family. It may be conducted by a pair or team of therapists.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves all the members of a nuclear or extended family. It may be conducted by a pair of therapists—often a man and a woman—to treat gender-related issues or serve as role models for fam...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
A marriage and family therapist is a person who has received advanced, specialized training and has practiced therapy for an extended period, typically a minimum of 3,000 hours, under the close supervision of a competent, licensed professional. A ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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