Abstract: Can psychotherapy help in depression? What is psychotherapy?

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Psychotherapy in Depression

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Written by: Petros Skapinakis, MD, MPH, PhD, lecturer of Psychiatry in the University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece. Eva Gerasi, postgraduate student in the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
First version: 28 Nov 2006. Latest revision: 28 Nov 2006.

Can psychotherapy help in depression? What is psychotherapy?

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Psychotherapy is a term, which can be applied to a wide range of interventions and treatments used to help sufferers from mental health problems of all sorts, including depression. It encompasses all types of treatment where two individuals (a therapist and a patient) collaborate together to address a problem presented by the latter. This usually entails a commitment from both of them to a series of meetings, usually on a regular basis, in a setting associated with the care of ill people, in order to further this aim.
 
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