The United States Preventive Task Force is recommending routine screening for depression for all patients visiting a physician. I have done that for 45 years, using the Zung Test for depression. That would be great except that they are recommending routine use of antidepressant drugs. Antidepressant drugs SUCK!!!! And most counseling/psychotherapy is not much better.

If you are not optimally happy-that is at least 7.5 or better on a 0 to 10 happiness scale, the simplest approach is to analyze your diet—are you eating REAL food and avoiding junk and sugar? Are you exercising at least 30 minutes 5 days a week? Are you sleeping 7 to 8 hours each night?

Beyond these essentials, try Air Bliss. It works well in 80% of people, twice as effective and a billion times safer than any antidepressant drug. Add Basic Schultz autogenic training, the most scientifically studied and most overall effective treatment for virtually everything!

Once you have decent habits and a thorough medical evaluation reveals no other cause for depression, then the next step would be a Fisher-Wallace Cranial Electrical Stimulator one hour every morning.

Do not see a psychiatrist or most psychologists.