What Was the Major Lesson You Learned from Reading This

question 19

Essay

What was the major lesson you learned from reading this chapter and/or from the class lecture and discussion?

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Definitions:

Antidepressant Drugs

Medications designed to improve symptoms of depression by altering chemical balances in the brain, often impacting neurotransmitter function.

rTMS

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, an innocuous method employing magnetic fields to activate brain neurons.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

A medical treatment most commonly used for severe major depression which involves inducing seizures in patients under general anesthesia through electrical currents.

Severely Depressed

A state of major depression characterized by intense symptoms that significantly impair one's ability to function.