Depression Health Center

The Ups And Downs of Depression Treatment

Write It Down: Depression Is Not Your Fault

What psychiatrists don’t want to see is patients being scared off of treatment by depression’s stigma or by the feeling that depression is their own fault. You are not responsible for your depression, and treatment is not something to be embarrassed about.

In studies where people were on an antidepressant then switched to a placebo, depression returned at a rate two to three times higher than it did for those who remained on the drug.

“We know that antidepressants prevent depression from coming back,” Alpert says. If you work with your doctor and therapist and continue treatment, adjustments can be made to help treatment continue to work.