The tragedy of untreated depression or bipolar disorder

[steve2470]

4. no no it's fine, I didn't take it as a correction :)

I am so used to patients taking "the path of least resistance", which is just taking medications. Talk therapy requires a much more substantial commitment of time, so people tend not to do it. Yes, ideally speaking, medication and talk therapy is the gold standard, at least for depression. I also think bipolar patients can benefit, at least from 1) learning about their diagnosis; 2) learning about the medication involved; 3) accepting the life-long diagnosis (there is no known cure); and 4) learning how to cope with it.