{"id":1670,"date":"2022-07-10T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T03:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/?page_id=1670"},"modified":"2022-08-21T19:11:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T11:11:20","slug":"alternative-treatment-methods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/en\/alternative-treatment-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative treatment methods"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1670\" class=\"elementor elementor-1670 elementor-1669\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40bd94c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"40bd94c\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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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 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7f1427\" 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-e6132b0\" data-id=\"e6132b0\" 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-28e2012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28e2012\" 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\">Alternative treatment methods<img class=\"wp-image-902\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/depression.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cp_2_title_1b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a63e850 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a63e850\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\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-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dafdcb\" data-id=\"7dafdcb\" 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-e122026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e122026\" 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data-id=\"f978924\" 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-c3c3711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3c3711\" 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<p class=\"mb-1\">There are also alternative treatments known to show positive effects to depression. Their effectiveness is yet to be proven scientifically.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rg-container\">\n<table class=\"rg-table\">\n<tbody class=\"zebra\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"red-font\" width=\"130px\">St. John&#8217;s Wort<\/td>\n<td>Study showed that plants like St. John&#8217;s Wort could be a natural antidepressant (Linde et al., 1996). If you decide to take it as your treatment, please inform your physician to prevent incompatibilities with other medications.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"red-font\">Exercise<\/td>\n<td>Study showed that exercise could significantly reduce depressive symptoms. Exercise 3 times a week for 40 minutes &#8211; over a period of 4 months, depressive symptoms could effectively be relieved (Babyak, 2000).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"red-font\">Positive Psychology<\/td>\n<td>Positive psychology is a way to boost individual potentials, so as to people would live more positively, courageously, and conscientiously. It deepens your self-understanding and strengthens interpersonal skills. It allows you to become energetic to fight against failures and face difficulties in adversity, so that you will not be easily defeated. Study showed that among teenagers and adults who were trained in positive psychology, the probability to show a major depressive episode in the following two years was halved (Peterson, 2000).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f14a40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f14a40\" 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<table><tbody><tr valign=\"top\"><td nowrap><span class=\"reference2\">References:<\/span><\/td><td><p><span class=\"reference\">Linde, K., Ramirez, G., Mulrow, C. D., Pauls, A., Weidenhammer, W., &amp; Melchart, D. (1996). St John\u2019s Wort for depression: an overview and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. <i>British Medical Journal, 313:<\/i> 253-258<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"reference\">Babyak, M., Blumenthal, J.A., Herman, S., Khatri, P., Doraiswamy, M., Moore, K., Craighead, W. E., Baldewicz, T. T., &amp; Krishnan, K. R. (2000). Exercise treatment for major depression: maintenance of therapeutic benefit at 10 months. <i>Psychosomatic Medicine<\/i>, 62: 633-638<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"reference\">Peterson, C. (2000). 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