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Running Head: TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY DISORDERS 0

Effectiveness of Treatment of Depression and Anxiety Disorders

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Depression and anxiety are major mental health issues that affect millions of people around the world. This is because depression and anxiety can be a result of daily life. For instance, work and health problems can burden people and cause the development of mental health issues. It has become widely accepted that the development of such mental health issues is normal, and that offering help to such patients can bring about desirable outcomes (Edlund, 2008). There are cases of depression and anxiety that are not normal; these patients cannot cite the main causes of their illnesses. Such depression cases are of interests to mental health counselors and psychologists as it is important to offer effective treatment to the patients. There is a high possibility of adverse outcomes especially to the patients where cases of depression and anxiety are left untreated. There are cases of patients suffering from both depression and anxiety. These are severe cases that require specialized attention (Weel, 2009).

It is important to note that all cases and depression and anxiety can be treated. Advances in understanding of either conditions have allowed psychologists and counselors to develop techniques to assist mental health issues patients (Weel, 2009). The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of treatments used in depression and anxiety cases.

There are different techniques and approaches used to treat depression and anxiety. These techniques and approaches can either be through medical means and self-methods. Self-methods are those where the patient becomes aware of their conditions and seeks out ways to cope and overcome the mental disorders. As both conditions are psychological, it is important for patient to avoid isolation or environments that seclude them from friends and family. Where family and friends are aware of the condition, they should offer important support to the patient.

Another step is self-treatment is by becoming motivated and confident. This allows patients to react in a better way to their environment, and avoid factors that contribute to the advancement of mental health issues. A proactive attitude is also recommended to individuals suffering from depression and anxiety. They engagement with productive activities plays an important role in enabling confidence and a sense of belonging; important factors to overcoming depression and anxiety (Biegler, 2008). Patients are also required to avoid engaging in self-harm activities such as the use of drugs and physical harm. Rather, patients should adopt behaviors that facilitate their development (Baldwin, 2011).

Understanding the effectiveness of techniques and approaches used to treat depression and anxiety is complex. Unlike in other areas of well-being, mental disorders are mostly individualized. The state of one patient differs from the next even where they all suffer from a similar condition. As a result, the treatments used to treat such a condition may differ for either patients. This is a common practice in dealing with mental health issues. Counselors and psychologist have to understand individual cases and offer unique treatments to each case. In most cases, this requires constant assessments that aim to follow the progress of the treatment process.

It is important to understand the effectiveness of these treatment procedures. Although there are different approaches used to treat either condition, the treatment objectives have to be reached. This paper aims to identify the capacity for these techniques and approaches of treatment in attaining their preset targets and objectives. In doing so, relevant successes and gaps that exist can be identified.

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1. Baldwin, D. (2011). Efficacy of drug treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 342(7798), 637.

The study aims to respond to the question of how effective and tolerable drug treatments for anxiety disorders are. A few drugs are found to be the most effective and tolerable in each case. The use of this study in the paper is to present an understanding of the drugs used in treating anxiety and present empirical facts about their effectiveness.

1. Biegler, P. (2008). Autonomy, Stress, and Treatment of Depression. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 336(7652), 1046-1048.

Paul Biegler presents the case that psychotherapy is an effective way to assist patients in understanding the triggers of depression, and can hence assist them overcome the condition. The study argues for the incorporation of psychotherapy in treatment processes. In this paper, this source offers information about the current state of treatment of depression, and how effective it is.

1. Edlund, M. J. (2008). Beliefs about Depression and Depression Treatment among Depressed Veterans. Medical Care, 46(6), 581-589.

As a result of misunderstandings and stigmatization of mental health disorders, this study adopts the stance that beliefs about such disorders and their treatment may be an important consideration for counselors and psychologists. This source is used in the paper to present the views of patients who have received treatment for depression, and that offer opinions on the effectiveness of the process.

1. Weel, C. v. (2009). Treatment of Depression in Primary Care. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 338(7697), 726-727.

This source is used in this paper to present information about the treatment of depression cases in primary. This is important in identifying the techniques and approaches used in the practice in order to determine their effectiveness.