Depression

Depression distorts your thoughts and emotions, so everything makes you feel sad and hopeless. Ndubuisi Odegai, Princess Riley, DNP, and The Healed Mind Psychiatry team in Aubrey, Texas, offer expert depression treatments that boost your mood and help you regain happiness. However bad depression gets, there’s always hope of a full recovery with the proper support. Call The Healed Mind Psychiatry today or book a telehealth appointment online with a skilled depression therapist.

What is depression?

Feeling low after a bad day or getting an attack of the blues is something most people experience now and then. It’s awful while it lasts but usually passes quite quickly. With depression or major depressive disorder (MDD), these feelings are severe and unrelenting.

Depression distorts how you see and interpret your actions and other people’s behaviors. You feel so deeply troubled and despairing that life loses all of its joy, and nothing gives you pleasure. 

The condition so overwhelms you with sadness and hopelessness that you might believe there’s no way out except taking your own life.

You can’t shake off these emotions, so nothing you do helps very much. But with expert treatment and support, you can overcome the most severe depression and other mood disorders.

What are mood disorders?

Mood disorders all cause depression. Examples include:

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

SAD results from low light levels.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)

PMDD occurs each month during a woman’s menstrual cycle.

Bipolar disorder

People with bipolar disorder suffer from depression that sometimes switches to mania and back again.

Persistent depressive disorder (PDD)

People with PDD continue to live with depression despite treatment.

How is depression treated?

The Healed Mind Psychiatry team combines talk therapy with medication to help people who have depression.

Talk therapy

Talking with one of the team’s skilled therapists helps in several ways. They enable you to identify and understand what may have caused or added to your depression. They also help you process memories and experiences that weigh on your mind, including ones you might not realize are significant.

You could also benefit from approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT gives you skills to challenge thoughts and ideas that make daily life a struggle.

Medication

Antidepressant medications help by rebalancing vital brain chemicals. Neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine allow links to form between your brain cells (neurons), connections  that are vital for brain function. 

People who suffer from depression typically have low levels of mood-regulating neurotransmitters in their brains.

Ketamine

The anesthetic drug ketamine can be effective for patients who have treatment-resistant depression where medication and therapy haven’t worked. The team uses the esketamine nasal spray Spravato®.

The Healed Mind Psychiatry provides services via telehealth using a secure video link, so you can get the help you need without the stress of leaving home. Call the office today or book a telehealth appointment online to begin your recovery from depression.