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Making a Difference in
Overcoming Depression: The Case for Psychoeducation
as a Treatment Enhancement
In this article, author Robert Dyer, Ph.D. provide a general overview of the prevalence of depression in the population as a significant mental illness and as a factor impacting the treatment of physical issues. Currently the most common treatment of depression is through medication. However, research literature indicates that people improve more when they receive expert assistance in addition to medication. Wells (2000) has shown that when people receive medication and additional care provided by a mental health professional they improve their outcomes over twenty per cent. (Wells, 2000). There are cost effective programs on the market that can assist health professional in providing effective psychoeducation to those on medication.
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- Evaluating
the Impact of Psycho-education. The author of a major
research project evaluating psycho-education provides an update that
addresses the potential impact in using this technology.
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