The Depression Treatment Puzzle: Why Therapy and Medication May Work Equally Well—and What That Means for Millions of Patients

The Depression Treatment Puzzle: Why Therapy and Medication May Work Equally Well—and What That Means for Millions of Patients

For decades, the debate over whether psychotherapy or antidepressant medication is the superior treatment for depression has consumed clinicians, researchers, and patients alike. A sweeping new analysis now suggests the answer may be neither—or rather, both. A comprehensive study published in The Lancet Psychiatry has found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and antidepressant medications produce remarkably similar outcomes for patients wit…