For a way to lift someone out of depression that doesn’t involve medication, there is a growing body of research that suggests therapy alone can help to alleviate depression. This isn’t limited to typical therapy, though that is the best way to go, but cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) applied for six months has also been shown to reduce symptoms of depression in about half of people who weren’t responding to medication. CBT focuses both on thinking and actions and so part of it involves exercise, which has been shown to improve moods with more than just serotonin.
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