{"id":7117,"date":"2013-02-26T06:13:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T11:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=7117"},"modified":"2013-02-17T15:20:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-17T20:20:44","slug":"a-pep-talk-for-those-with-treatment-resistant-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2013\/02\/a-pep-talk-for-those-with-treatment-resistant-depression.html","title":{"rendered":"A Pep-Talk for Those With Treatment-Resistant Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2011\/07\/depressed-woman.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2011\/07\/depressed-woman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5492\" \/><\/a><em>I recently wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/blog\/archives\/2013\/01\/24\/a-pep-talk-for-those-with-treatment-resistant-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\">a piece for Psych Central<\/a> on treatment-resistant depression and some good news.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nIn his book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Understanding-Depression-What-Know-About\/dp\/0471430307\/psychcentral\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Understanding Depression: What We Know And What You Can Do About It<\/em><\/a>, <\/a>J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., M.D. asserts that for the 20 percent of his patients who are more difficult to treat, or \u201ctreatment-resistant,\u201d he sets an 80 percent improvement, 80 percent of the time goal. And he usually accomplishes that.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if you\u2019re not someone who has struggled with chronic depression, those stats won\u2019t warrant a happy dance. <\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re someone like myself, who assesses her mood before her eyes are open in the morning, hoping to God that the crippling anxiety isn\u2019t there, then those numbers will have you singing Hallelujah.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/psychcentral.com\/blog\/archives\/2013\/01\/24\/a-pep-talk-for-those-with-treatment-resistant-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to continue reading &#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently wrote a piece for Psych Central on treatment-resistant depression and some good news. In his book, Understanding Depression: What We Know And What You Can Do About It, J. 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