Targeted treatment for depression could benefit patients with psychosis

Patients with early onset psychosis may benefit from treatment for depression, including with anti-depressants alongside other medication, new research shows.

According to scientists at the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Mental Health, depression may be an intrinsic part of early phase psychotic disorders that should be treated together with other more prominent symptoms to improve patient outcomes.

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Interesting article. I’ve always been more or less depressed.

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For me it was social anxiety at 13.75 , mild depression at 15., severe depression kicked in around the age of 16.5 ,and the first hospitalisation was at 18 years and 3 months old.