In the Focus on Neuroscience box "Comparing Psychotherapy and Antidepressant Medication," positron emission tomography (PET)scans compared brain activity in two groups of depressed individuals. One group had 12 weeks of treatment with interpersonal therapy, and the other group had 12 weeks of treatment with the antidepressant medication Paxil. PET scans taken after 12 weeks of treatment showed that brain activity changed in both groups.
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