E-couch comprises 12 modules of psychoeducation, cognitive behaviour therapy, and interpersonal psychotherapy techniques that have been shown to be
effective against depression in younger people without other health problems.
Other supplements shown to be
effective against depression include L - tryptophan, or 5 - hydroxytryptamine (5 - HTP).
When all the evidence is weighed together, Prozac, Paxil, and other such popular pills seem to be at best weakly
effective against depression — an argument Kirsch presses in his new book, The Emperor's New Drugs.
More important, the drugs are not much more
effective against depression than are sugar pills, he says.
Not exact matches
The new study, led by Giulio Maria Pasinetti, PhD, Saunders Professor of Neurology, and a team of investigators from the Center for Integrative Molecular Neuroresilience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, found that a bioactive dietary polyphenol preparation — a combination of three grape - derived polyphenol products, including a select Concord grape juice, a select grape seed extract, and trans - resveratrol — was
effective in promoting resilience
against stress - induced
depression in mice.
The authors predict that an
effective and targeted treatment of brain inflammation would help to restore brain function and protect
against depression in multiple sclerosis.
Green tea might not be very
effective against sever cases of
depression and anxiety, but it seems to be beneficial for milder case.
Overall, scientific evidence points to curcumin as an
effective strategy
against anxiety and
depression.
A study published in Phytotherapy Research pitted Prozac
against a daily turmeric regimen, and you can probably already guess what they discovered: turmeric was just as
effective at managing
depression, and not a single patient taking turmeric complained of side effects.
When researchers pitted the omega - 3 fat eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
against the antidepressant drug fluoxetine (brand name Prozac), EPA was just as
effective as the drug in relieving symptoms of
depression in humans — and the same may be true in dogs as well.4