What is the best treatment for depression

Hello, for the treatment of depressive episodes to achieve three goals: ① to improve the clinical cure rate, minimize the rate of disability and suicide rate, the key is to completely eliminate clinical symptoms; ② to improve the quality of life, restore social function; ③ to prevent relapse. Individualized treatment; ① gradual increase in dose, using the smallest effective dose as much as possible, so as to minimize adverse effects, in order to improve drug compliance; ③ full dosage and full course of treatment; ④ as far as possible single drug, such as poor efficacy of the treatment can be considered to switch to other treatments, synergistic treatments or combination therapy, but need to pay attention to drug interactions; ⑤ informed informed prior to the treatment; ⑥ during the treatment period, close observation of changes in the condition and adverse effects and timely treatment (vii) can be combined with psychotherapy to increase the efficacy of treatment; (viii) active treatment and depression *** disease of other physical diseases, substance dependence, anxiety disorders and so on. For patients with depression who have obvious psychosocial factors, it is often necessary to combine psychotherapy with drug treatment. Commonly used psychotherapies include supportive psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, marital and family therapy, psychodynamic therapy, etc., of which the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depressive episodes has been recognized. Patients with severe negative suicide attempts and those who are ineffective with antidepressants can be treated with modified electroconvulsive therapy (MECT). Maintenance therapy with medication is still required after electroconvulsive therapy. In recent years, a new type of physical therapy has emerged - Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) therapy, which is mainly used for mild to moderate depressive episodes, etc. I hope it will be helpful to you.