How are Mood Disorders Treated?
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Treatment of Mood Disorders includes:
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Medication.
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Psychotherapy.
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Combined treatment of medication and psychotherapy.
The treatment is geared to treat the more severe symptoms. The choice of treatment is based on a variety of factors, among them the history of the illness and the severity of the episodes. The severity of the illness is assessed using some of these general definitions:
A. Severe depression is present when a person has nearly all of the symptoms of depression, and the depression almost always keepthem from doing their regular day-to-day activities.
B. Moderate depression is present when a person has many symptoms of depression that often keep them from doing things that theyneed to do.
C. Mild depression is present when a person has some of the symptoms of depression, and it takes extra effort to do the things they need to do.
The severity of Bi-polar disorder is assessed by clinical history and descriptions of the latest episodes: both Depression and Mania.
Medications
The following medications are used to treat
Depression and Bi-polarity:
| · Anafranil** | · Asendin | · Aventyl |
| · Desyrel | · Effexor | ·Elavil |
| · Ludiomil | · Luvox (SSRI) | · Marplan (MAOI) |
| · Nardil (MAOI) | · Norpramin | · Pamelor |
| · Parnate (MAOI) | · Paxil (SSRI) | · Pertofrane |
| · Prozac (SSRI) | · Remeron | · Serzone |
| · Sinequan | · Surmontin | · Tofranil** |
| · Vivactil | · Wellbutrin | · Zoloft (SSRI) |
Medications Specific to Bi-Polar Disorder
| · Lithium | · Wellbutrin | · Depakote |
| · Zoloft | · Prozac |
Src: www.nationalyouth.com
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