In moderate depression, you have more symptoms, and they are beginning to change your life.
For those with moderate depression who were treated, the average improvement was 71 percent, from 62 days of disability a year to just 18.
A 1988 British study that included such a comparison group found that there was no higher rate of moderate depression among the new mothers.
Two recent major studies showed that St. John's wort worked no better than a placebo for moderate depression.
If you are mildly depressed, you may not have to take them, but most people with moderate or severe depression need medicine.
Anyone with mild or moderate depression can potentially benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, even without taking medication.
Cognitive therapy can be effective in treating moderate depression.
It is significantly more effective than a placebo in the treatment of mild and moderate depression.
But there are many obstacles to receiving adequate care from a general practitioner, even for mild or moderate depression, experts say.
They help people with moderate and severe depression.
