{"id":1591,"date":"2022-07-02T01:10:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T17:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/?page_id=1591"},"modified":"2022-08-21T19:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T11:11:56","slug":"miss-therapist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/miss-therapist\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Therapist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1591\" class=\"elementor elementor-1591 elementor-1590\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55c32bd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"55c32bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1919\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/antidepressants\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Antidepressants<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1918\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/alternative-treatment-methods\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Alternative treatment methods<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1917\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/counselling-therapies\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Counselling Therapies<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1916\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/side-effects-of-antidepressants\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Side-effects of Antidepressants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t<\/nav>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"raven-nav-menu-toggle\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-nav-menu-toggle-button \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"fa fa-bars\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<nav class=\"raven-nav-icons-hidden-tablet raven-nav-icons-hidden-mobile raven-nav-menu-mobile raven-nav-menu-dropdown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"raven-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-mobile-74eafaf\" class=\"raven-nav-menu\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1920\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/miss-therapist\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">General Idea<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1919\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/antidepressants\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Antidepressants<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1918\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/alternative-treatment-methods\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Alternative treatment methods<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1917\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/counselling-therapies\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Counselling Therapies<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1916\"><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/side-effects-of-antidepressants\/\" class=\"raven-menu-item raven-link-item \">Side-effects of Antidepressants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2179f37 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2179f37\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c85bff4\" data-id=\"c85bff4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c33cca5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c33cca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"wp-image-902\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cp_2_title_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\">General Idea<img class=\"wp-image-902\" 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1092\" height=\"1524\" src=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_cp_5_1-min.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1624\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_cp_5_1-min.png 1092w, https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_cp_5_1-min-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_cp_5_1-min-734x1024.png 734w, https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_cp_5_1-min-768x1072.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1092px) 100vw, 1092px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9116e02\" data-id=\"9116e02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c0c484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c0c484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"red-font mb-1\"><img class=\"wp-image-902\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/title_icon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\">Counselling vs Medication<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-1\">Counselling, or drug treatments, or having both at the same time, can help people with depressive symptoms. With the right treatment, most sufferers feel better in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1\">Short-term counselling involves a professional counsellor to share with you your feelings. It helps to improve your interpersonal relationships, thinking style and behaviours, and thus helps relieve psychological depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1\">Drugs can reduce physiological depressive symptoms effectively, and they are non-addictive. Your physician will examine your situation, and prescribe the best medication for you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"red-font mb-1\"><img class=\"wp-image-902\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/title_icon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\">How to Choose the Right Treatment<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-1\">The best treatment for you is probably the most effective while producing the least side effects. It should be left to the professionals who would decide which treatment methods would best fit you after assessing your situation. For some mild sufferers, counselling alone is sufficient. Drugs are useful for moderate to severe sufferers. If both methods are to be used, drugs provide symptomatic relieves in a short run, while counselling deals with your life problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1\">Understanding the Treatments:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/counselling-therapies\/\">Counselling Therapies<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/antidepressants\/\">Antidepressants<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/alternative-treatment-methods\/\">Alternative treatments yet to be proven<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-206957f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"206957f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"reference2\">References:<\/span>\n\n<span class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b68ae3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b68ae3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24eafac\" data-id=\"24eafac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9eb732 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e9eb732\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b668e26 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b668e26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/antidepressants\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Next <\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Therapist General Idea Antidepressants Alternative treatment methods Counselling Therapies Side-effects of Antidepressants General Idea Antidepressants Alternative treatment methods Counselling Therapies Side-effects of Antidepressants General Idea Counselling vs Medication Counselling, or drug treatments, or having both at the same time, can help people with depressive symptoms. 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