Updated Treatment Guidelines Combine Modern Methods with Depression Medication
The latest guidelines from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) offer a wider range of treatments for clinical depression. It took an APA steering committee five years to research and develop the new guidelines, which hadn't been updated in ten years. The new guidelines reflect modern scientific research, and include up-to-the-minute treatment options like vagus nerve stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation, while reinforcing the effectiveness of traditional depression
