title: Sociotherapy and depression.
abstract: Every depression is accompanied or preceded by a series of internal or external losses. They determine a situation of loneliness, sometimes material and always psychological and relational. It is therefore important to consider beyond pharmaco-therapy and psychotherapy the application of a sociotherapy including: a material and emotional help in the social sphere practical life and hygiene advises the creation of feed-backs by using interactions caused by the patient's participation to therapeutical groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012934:Social Isolation