India is the most depressed country in the world. According to World Health Organization (WHO), India’s depression levels are as high as 36 per cent and shockingly this number is the highest in the world. What makes this even more alarming is the fact that WHO projects depression to be the second leading cause of disability worldwide by 2020.

In most of the cases, depressive episode starts with sleep difficulty, decrease appetite, decrease pleasure in pleasurable activity, tiredness for whole day, irritability, less desire for sexual activity etc.

Sometime patient finds It difficult to identify that the above symptoms is because of the depression which lead to delayed treatment. Depression can occur in any age group right from childhood to old age people. Early diagnosis and treatment give better result. Now there are good and effective medicine available along with psychological therapies like cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), interpersonal therapies, behaviour therapy.

• CBT

CBT or Cognitive Behavior Therapy is considered to be one of the well-renowned therapies for the treatment of depression. Here the patients require working with a therapist for the identification of thought and behavioral patterns which can lead to depression.