Over 1/3 don’t improve after 4 layers of treatment depression

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New medications for depression are not significantly better than old medications, with around 70% of patients still experiencing major depressive disorder after the first antidepressant treatment. After 4 levels of treatment, one third of patients are still clinically depressed, and this treatment protocol is not working well as half of the participants dropped out of the study. Some researchers argue that the remission criteria were changed during the study, and the actual remission rate after 4 treatment levels could be as low as 35%. Overall, the current state of affairs for depression treatment is that many patients do not significantly improve even after multiple layers of treatment.

If you want to hear more about ways to tackle mental health problems, I recommend you check out my conversation with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN0_ow76hU8

Too often we think that physical health has nothing to do with mental health and vice versa, but could it be that we have the equation completely upside down?

Chris Palmer is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also the author of the book, ‘Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health’, which outlines a combined theory of what causes mental illnesses, and that mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain

In this conversation Chris and Steven discuss topics, such as how depression and anxiety are caused by diet, the impact of gut health on mental illness, and why mental health problems and rates of suicide are increasing.

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