When considering mental health treatment, it is natural to wonder whether therapy, medication, or a combination of both offers the most effective path forward. There is no universal answer. The right approach depends on the nature and severity of your symptoms, their effect on your daily functioning, your treatment history, your medical context, and the goals you want care to help you achieve. For some people, therapy and medication together can be more effective than therapy

If you've recently completed an anxiety questionnaire, you may be wondering what your GAD-7 score means. Is a score of 8 concerning? Does a score of 15 mean you have an anxiety disorder? If your score decreases after treatment, does that mean you may no longer have anxiety? The answer is more nuanced than a single number. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale, or GAD-7, is a widely used screening tool that helps clinicians measure anxiety symptoms over the previous tw