Treatment

TESS

Even though depression can be a serious and very painful disease, there are a number of effective treatment options. The first step will always be to go to your doctor, who can help you further and suggest the particular treatment that would be best for you. Among the most common forms of treatment of depression are psychotherapy, medicines, and, in severe cases, electroshock. Additionally, research is constantly carried out into other types of treatment of which TMS (transcranial magnet stimulation) is particularly promising.

You can read about these forms of treatment in this section.