Depression is one of the most common and debilitating mental health conditions in the U.S. The many evidence-based treatment options for depression don’t work for everyone. At Promises, our inpatient depression treatment uses several techniques to battle treatment-resistant depression and help our clients achieve recovery.
Get started with evidence-based treatment at Promises by calling our team at 844.875.5609. Even if treatment hasn’t worked for you in the past, our mental health experts can guide you toward innovative treatment options that can help you achieve recovery.
Symptoms of Depression
Depression is a serious mental health condition that can stand in the way of living your life to the fullest. In diagnosing depression, mental health professionals look for a few key symptoms, including:
- Lack of motivation
- Chronic fatigue
- Insomnia or oversleeping
- A feeling of hopelessness or despair
- Perpetual thoughts of death or suicide
- A constant low mood
- An inability to experience positive emotions
Furthermore, clinicians will look to see if these symptoms have occurred for more than two weeks and if they are leading to impairment in daily life.
Types of Depression
Depression is not a single mental health condition. Instead, it is an umbrella term used to describe a number of distinct mental health challenges that all share a core set of symptoms. The different types of depression include:
- Major depressive disorder – one of the most common forms of depression, marked by a two-week period of depressed mood
- Bipolar disorder – a cyclical mental health condition where people alternate between periods of elevated mood and depressed mood
- Seasonal affective disorder – a pattern of depression that typically occurs in the fall and winter months
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder – characterized by sudden mood shifts preceding menstruation
Working with a mental health professional can help determine what specific type of depression you may be experiencing and what treatment options would be the best fit to help.
Treatment-Resistant Depression
Treatment-resistant depression is any type of depression that doesn’t get better with conventional treatment interventions.
This could mean you’ve met with a therapist before but have not seen significant improvements, worked with a psychiatrist to find medication options without success, or even tried a combined treatment and have not seen substantial progress toward recovery.
Treatment-resistant depression can be incredibly demotivating. It can make people feel as though there is no hope for recovery or that depression treatment itself is a waste of time.
The important thing to remember is that it is treatment-resistant, not treatment-immune. There are an abundance of depression treatment options available, including:
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Medication management
- Dual-diagnosis treatment for people with co-occurring substance use disorders
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
- Mindfulness-based interventions
- Group therapy
- Residential treatment
- Alternative therapies
Experiencing treatment-resistant depression doesn’t mean there’s no effective treatment option for you. Instead, it means you haven’t found the specific approach that fits your needs, met the therapist who’s uniquely equipped to help, or tried the right combination of medication, therapy, and alternative interventions to help you recover.
Find Effective Depression Treatment Options at Promises
Promises Behavioral Health offers a comprehensive suite of depression and mental health services to provide our clients with every possible avenue of recovery. By bringing together a team of experienced clinicians and medical providers, our program can help you find the combination of interventions to help you finally achieve recovery.
To get started with the integrative depression treatment approaches at Promises, call one of our team members today by dialing 844.875.5609 or using our convenient online contact form. Our team will work passionately to make sure you get the best evidence-based treatment options to suit your needs and will be there to support you every step of the way.