I was kind of in a hurry when I wrote this so I wanted to add there are also lots of alternative treatments for depression as well. As Andrew Solomon said “Depression is an illness of how you feel... so if you say standing on your head for twenty minutes every morning makes you feel better then you are effectively no longer depressed.” Some people get benefits out of meditation and mindfulness practices. Regular exercise may provide benefits for some people but that is often contingent on just how bad depression is.