Quick Facts
Treatment of Mental Illness
How do doctors treat mental illness?
The main treatments include:
For most mental health disorders, a combination of medicine and talk therapy is more effective than either one by itself.
Other treatments include:
What medicines are used for mental illness?
What is psychotherapy?
In psychotherapy, sometimes called talk therapy, doctors and counselors talk with you about your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. They try not to tell you what to think or do. Instead, they try to help you understand yourself and figure out better ways to deal with stresses and life problems. Individual therapy involves one person working with one therapist. Therapists may also offer group therapy, family therapy, or couples therapy.
Therapists usually use different techniques depending on the problem. Some therapy types include:
