2. A psychiatrist (a medical doctor who prescribes medication ) has seen a difference in her patients who suffer from depressionEven though they all take anti-depressants not all of them are getting better. It appears that the patients who started talking with a therapist before beginning medication are progressing better with their treatment than patients who just started taking medicationThe psychiatrist wants to see if the timeline for when a patient begins medication has an effect on helping them overcome their depression