Combination of Medicine and Therapy Called Best for Depressed Teens
(made by Carmen Luisa, Source: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm)
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Depression is the most important cause of ...
sadness
physical pain
suicide
... suffer from depression.
More than 120 million adolescents ...
More than 120 million people in the world ...
More than 120 million people in the U.S.A...
The patients in the study were between ...
12 and 17 years old.
20 and 70 years old.
12 and 70 years old.
The study found that the best treatment was ...
a combination of CBT and prozac.
a combination of antidepressant and physiotherapy.
cognitive behavioral therapy.
Researchers found that the level of depression was only reduced in one of the groups.
True.
False.
81 % of those who received cognitive behavioral therapy improved.
True.
False.
The study cost...
17,000,000,000 $
17,000,000 $
70,000,000,000 $
70,000,000 $
Prozac can increase the number of suicides among adolescents.
