Is depression treatable?

Depression. What exactly does this term mean? The World Book Encyclopedia defines depression as, “A serious mental disorder in which a person suffers long periods of sadness and other negative feelings.” These feelings could be directed towards things or people they once enjoyed or being around. Now the real question arises; how can depression be treated? To this day, many experts question how exactly depression can be treated, and they have many different thoughts and theories.
One way to treat depression is psychotherapy. Many people would argue that psychotherapy is the most successful means of treatment. Psychotherapy is often the first form of treatment recommended. During psychotherapy, a person diagnosed with depressive disorder talks to a licensed and trained mental health professional who helps him or her identify and work through the different aspects that may be triggering their depression. However, in his article “Fall into Helplessness,” Martin E. ...