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Depressed and anxious and Environmental Changes
Depressed and anxious students oft en attribute their problems to outside circumstances, and sometimes they are right. For them to recover from their problems, something in their lives must change. And since students’ lives do change rapidly and unpredictably, time is oft en treatment’s great ally. Once midterms pass, the psychological crisis may be over. […]
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depressed and anxious students have social deficits
depressed and anxious students have social deficits A final area of behavioral diffi culties is social defi cits. Some depressed and anxious students shrink away from taking social risks partly because they know from experience that they’ll strike out. Th ere’s no point urging them to try again until they can improve their prospects. While […]
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Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder
 Biological interventions Antidepressants There are now three types of antidepressant in general use that impact on serotonin levels: tricylics, SSRIs and SNRIs. A third group of antidepressants, known as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) proved reasonably effective, achieving clinically signifi cant changes in about 50 per cent of the people prescribed them. However, the dangers associated […]
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