Depression is an overwhelming battle of sadness, frustration, and emptiness. Depression can affect your loved one’s health in many dangerous ways. It can be difficult to overcome depression. Depression is a significant health problem today. Treating depression can be a process but as someone who is helping a loved one you have to stay positive and them overcome it. There are many ways of treating depression but the best is Cognitive Behavior Therapy sessions. Cognitive behavior therapy can help a loved one overcome depression in the healthiest manner by helping with behavior and moods. It is also the quickest process to overcome depression and long-term success. To begin, Cognitive Behavior Therapy helps a loved one overcome depression by helping with their behavior and moods. According to the article “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a valuable treatment” from a well-known database (2012) says, “cognitive behavioral therapy is based on the premise that distorted or dysfunctional thinking affects mood or behavior; treatment is designed to teach patients the skills to counter these patterns, evaluate negative thoughts, and solve current …show more content…
Medication can help with the imbalanced chemicals in the brain, but medication can cause serious side effects. A loved one might be at risk due to many medications being taken to overcome depression. According to the authors from the book “Dancing in the Dark” Bernadette Stankard and Amy Viets who have experienced working with a loved one with depression (2012) say that, “Along with this time of waiting in hope for the medicine to make a positive difference, there's the need to watch for negative side effects. Side effects vary widely, and can be difficult to differentiate from the effects of depression itself.” However, with healthy therapy sessions, it is a healthier process and faster results than medication which can cause many negative