It's not uncommon for conventional treatment methods such as antidepressants and psychotherapy to fail to improve a patient's depression. Researchers have long been trying to find further ways to tackle what is known as treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Zacharie Scheurer/dpa
A diagnosis of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) sounds like the end of the road.
Fortunately, it's not.
"Depression, even if it proves to be stubborn, is a very treatable condition," says psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr Mazda Adli, head of the affective disorders research division at Charité university hospital in Berlin.
So if your doctor says your depression is "treatment-resistant," it doesn't mean nothing more can be done for you.
