DEPRESSION
- Depression affects women more than men
- In the worst case, depression can lead to suicide.
- Depression is a frequent mental disorder. It is estimated that it affects more than 300 million people in the world.
It is a serious and common disease that affects us physically and mentally in our way of feeling and thinking. Depression can make us want to get away from our family, friends, work, and school. It can also cause anxiety, loss of sleep, appetite, and lack of interest or pleasure in doing different activities.Depression is a disorder that can be reliably diagnosed and that can be treated by non-specialists in the primary care setting.
Curious fact
- Depression is not just for adults
- Depression increases the risk of having a heart attack
- Causes phobias
- Positive thinking can be a cure
- Increases the risk of premature pregnancy
SYMPTHOMS
- Difficulty falling asleep or excess sleep
- Tiredness and lack of energy
- Inactivity and withdrawal from usual activities
- Irritable or low mood most of the time
- Large change in appetite, often with weight gain or loss
- Feelings of worthlessness, self-hatred and guilt
- Repetitive thoughts of death or suicide
- Feelings of hopelessness or abandonment
CAUSES
- Hereditary traits
- Brain chemistry
- Patient's personality
- Biological factors
- Traumatic events
- Genetic alterations
- Health problems
- Side effects of some drugs
TYPES
1. DEPRESSION MAYOR
The person suffering from this type of depression may experience phases of normal mood between depressive phases that can last for months or years.It is characterized by the appearance of one or more depressive episodes of at least 2 weeks duration.The most serious type of depression.
2. DYSTHYMIA
It is less severe than major depression. It is a type of unipolar depression (does not include manic symptoms) and interferes with the normal functioning and well-being of the individual who suffers from it.The essential feature of this disorder is that the patient feels depressed for most of the day, most days for at least 2 years.
3. MANIC DEPRESSION
This type of disorder, also called Bipolar Disorder, is classified as a type of mood disorder. Although we can include it within the types of depression, it combines depressive states with states of mania, that is, there are extreme ups and downs. Bipolar disorder is a serious pathology, and should not be confused with a state of emotional instability.
4. SEASONAL DEPRESSIVE DISORDER (SAD)
This depressive state is called Seasonal Depressive Disorder (SAD) and is characterized by occurring during a certain time of the year, generally during winter.
Symptoms generally intensify slowly in late fall and winter months.
There is also another variant of SAD and it is suffered by some people in summer
5. PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION
Psychotic depression is a subtype of major depression which occurs when severe depressive illness includes some form of psychosis. Unlike other types of depression, it is characterized by the prescience of psychotic symptoms: hallucinations and / or delusions that qualitatively alter the way in which reality is perceived.
6.POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION
Within the types of depression, we can include postpartum depression. It is characterized in that it can occur shortly after delivery.
This type of depression can appear up to a year after the woman has given, despite the fact that it usually occurs within the first three months after delivery.
TREATMENTS
- Physical exercise
- Electroconvulsive therapy (TEC)
- Guided self-hep
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- interpersonal psychotherapy
- Pharmacological therapy
My view on this disease is that it is supremely complex, people who have been with people who suffer from it must be very empathetic and also never leave them alone because at any moment anything can pass through their minds, I also believe that these people must be very strong to be able to overcome this disease and very optimistic , first of all let yourself be helped, I think this disease I would call it silent because it totally changes the person in the blink of an eye in an instant.
