Depression psychological interventions

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The treatment of major depressive disorder includes both pharmacological and psychological interventions. As to psychological treatments, cognitive and behavioral techniques have demonstrated positive results. Patients W ho respond to psychological intervention are usually in the range of mild to moderate symptom severity. 

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Lawlor, Debbie A. and Stephen W. Hopker, The Effectiveness of Exercise as an Intervention in the Management of Depression Systematic Review and Metaregression Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials , British Medical Journal 322 (2001) 1-8 Layard, Richard, The Case for Psychological Treatment Centres , British Medical Journal 332 (2006) 1030-32... 

Merry S, McDowell H, Hetrick S, Bir J, Muller N. Psychological and/or educational interventions for the prevention of depression in children and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2004. 

Occupational Health Psychology. The disciplines of health and industrial psychology combine with occupational health in occupational health psychology. Adverse workplace conditions may cause stress, anxiety, and burnout, with symptoms such as headaches, stomach problems, depression, and apathy. Interventions to avert employee illness or negative behavior include teaching workers to manage stress, use tools of conflict resolution, and deal with rudeness or uncivil behaviors in the workplace. Positive applications... 

Some have defined persistent pain as a disease entity unto itself. Persistent post-operative pain has challenged pain management specialists for decades it is only in the past several years that it has received significant attention. The continuation of pain and pain disability beyond the immediate post-operative period often results in medical (interventional and pharmacological), economic (healthcare utilization, loss of productivity) and psychological (depression, anxiety) complications. 

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