Elissa H. Patterson, University of Michigan

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  • Physical movement, good nutrition, healthy sleep, healthy levels of stress and stress management, social connection, finding meaning and purpose and spiritual practices all play important roles in preventing and treating depression.<br /> These are too often wrongly trivialized as less effective than professional treatment.Health

    Depression too often gets deemed ‘hard to treat’ when medication falls short. An overreliance on it can cause harm

    By Elissa H. Patterson, University of Michigan and The Conversation