Depression Treatment

Medication, talk therapies and healthy lifestyle changes are effective as a combined approach to depression therapy. Medication relieves the symptoms of depression while treatments like cognitive behavioral therapy, psychotherapy, and interpersonal therapy gives you the practical skills and insight needed to work through mental and emotional challenges.

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Purpose of treatment for depression

The purpose of treatment for depression is to overcome your symptoms where they are not as severe or debilitating or no longer occur. Together with your mental health provider, you will define long and short-term objectives for treatment. Returning to a condition where you feel upbeat, self-assured, and capable of a regular level of functioning is a typical goal for many patients.

Depression is treated using a variety of strategies, including the use of antidepressant drugs, talk therapies and changes to unhealthy habits. The patient is continually monitored to assess the effectiveness of treatment. The mental health professional will use the results to determine the ongoing treatment that may include adjustments to ensure you are getting the optimal type of therapy.

Types of depression we manage

Major Depressive Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder is a type of clinical depression that impacts the way you feel, think, and function in daily activities. Symptoms include a persistent melancholy approach to life, low self-esteem, and a lack of interest in once pleasurable activities.

Persistent Depressive Disorder

Persistent Depressive Disorder is a chronic form of depression where you are disinterested in everyday activities, experience hopelessness, have low self-esteem, and behave unproductively. Although people with this disorder typically experience fewer symptoms than patients with Major Depressive Disorder, their symptoms can last for years.

Psychotic Depression

Psychotic Depression involves a degree of psychosis, which includes visual or auditory hallucinations that reinforce feelings of failure, unworthiness, or impiety. Having a disassociation from reality may require hospitalization as this condition carries a higher risk of suicide or developing mania.

Peripartum (Postpartum) Depression

Peripartum depression develops during pregnancy or after childbirth. Changes in energy, sleep, and appetite frequently occur along with intense melancholic emotions, apathy, and anxiety. More serious mental health problems could develop if left untreated, thus putting both the mother and child at risk.

Your Local Psychiatrist advantages and experience in depression management and treatment

With decades of experience and specialization in depression management, the Your Local Psychiatrist NYC team are skilled in identifying the most effective treatment that promotes a better quality of life. Through dedication and compassion, the team of psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and psychiatric nurses undertake comprehensive assessments and continuous monitoring of our patients who suffer from any form of depression.

Board Certified and highly experienced providers
Individual approach to patients
Easy-to-access online psychiatry and psychotherapy services
Electronic prescriptions
Portal access to your providers and appointments

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 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I have been A patient for nearly a year now. I can’t begin to tell you how kind and compassionate the staff are. Doctor McKenzie is so wonderful to me. I look forward to our weekly sessions and she is helping me immensely with my PTSD. Her kindness, understanding and patience is absolutely wonderful. I am so grateful I found them.
  
 
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   Rodalyn David 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I was highly satisfied with my evaluation visit with Dr. Mian Siddique. I felt a trusting and friendly rapport that made me comfortable expressing myself openly and asking honest questions. As someone who has often been hesitant about psychiatry and medication, I appreciated his insights and suggested homework into how treatment could support my stability for both my personal and professional life.
  
 
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   Amna Siddiqi 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I’ve had a wonderful experience with my psychiatric provider Lauren BonHomme! She has gone out of her way to ensure that I receive appropriate care and medication, and I am finally starting to see some positive change in my life due to her efforts. Highly, highly recommend having Ms. BonHomme as a provider, I am extremely pleased with my experience and look forward to continuing to work with her.
  
 
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   Christina DiStefano 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I had such a wonderful experience with Lauren bonhomme. She has been my psychiatrist for a couple months now and not only has she helped me with my panic attacks and anxiety she is so sweet and so understanding and understands you and actually listens to your concerns and well being. I would never or see anyone else. I would highly recommend Lauren bonhomme because your mental health is so important. She is truly the best and I cannot thank her enough for all of her help and kindness.
  
 
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 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Escribo este comentario para presentar una queja sobre el centro. Desde que implementaron el traductor de inteligencia artificial, me resulta muy difícil pedir y cambiar citas, porque cuando usan esta traducción, hay que esperar a que termine, lo cual confunde. La verdad es que todo iba bien; me gustaba mucho el centro. Fui a pedir ayuda para mi hijo y para mí, y fueron muy profesionales, sobre todo cuando me comuniqué con la persona que me atendió, Liz, y con la otra chica que también habla español. Me sentía muy cómoda porque se tomaban el tiempo para explicarme todo, para decirme qué era lo mejor para mí, los médicos. Pero ahora no, es inteligencia artificial, e incluso cuando traduce, hay que repetirlo dos o tres veces, y no es porque no entienda el idioma, porque todos hablamos el mismo idioma. Sobre todo cuando hablo, tengo que darle palabras que entienda; no son dialectos, no son idiomas que usemos  para que la inteligencia artificial se confunda. Me gustaría que volviera a la normalidad, porque la verdad es que he recomendado este centro a mucha gente. Me gustan mucho los médicos, especialmente Liz, que es muy comunicativa compasiva y hace muy bien su trabajo no tenía problema con mis citas pero desde que me pusieron  la AI no puedo con esto Ella y la otra chica que también habla español siempre se comunicaron bien con nosotros, no hubo ningún problema, pero desde hace dos semanas empezó todo esto: incluso mis citas se confunden y cuando llamo, hay confusión. Y la verdad es que no estoy contenta con esta traducción automática. Me gustaría porque si estoy pidiendo ayuda mental para mi hijo y para mi es porque quiero un lugar donde yo no me de mas ansiedad espero y los encargados tomen encuentra este comentario porque si para las sesiones van a ser lo mismo en vez de yo comunicarme con el terapista me denla terapia la inteligencia artificial
  
 
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 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Genuinely some of the nicest and most caring people on the planet. My psychiatrist has changed my life, and the staff are phenomenal. I truly cannot recommend them enough. LocalMD is above and beyond any psychiatry practice I’ve been a patient with in the past 20 years.
  
 
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 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Nurse practitioner Jose vazquez-cruz was an amazing health care professional. I felt heard, seen, and understood. He’s very logical and i recommend him
  
 
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 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. My intake appt went very well. Felt very comfortable. Have a good feeling. John Lopez , MD was caring. Listened. And I felt he understood me as a person.

Depression management methodology

Symptoms of a mental illness manifest from irregular activity in different parts of the brain. It adversely affects how you feel, think, and act, and occurs for many different reasons. Because treating both the symptoms and the underlying cause is essential for recovery, techniques can control symptoms by interrupting destructive thoughts to achieve balance and optimism.

When a mental health professional consistently applies depression management techniques such as psychotherapy and medication management, it helps galvanize and elevate the disposition of a depressed brain.

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