Experts say that spring is a dangerous time for people's psychology and spirit, and it is also a season of high incidence of depression and mental illness.
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Three kinds of depression, early identification of symptoms
Typical depression is not difficult to identify, but most people with depression do not always show sadness, and desperation. Many manifestations of depression are difficult to detect.
1. "Smile type" depression: Although this type of patient has a subjective experience of depression, he always talks and laughs in front of others, and it is difficult for others to detect that he is "forced to laugh."
2. "Diligent" depression: The typical depression patients are often unable to lift the energy, unwilling to move, and low work efficiency, while some patients appear to be "workaholic". They devote themselves to work, are busy all day long, and are most afraid of "being idle."
3. "Invisible" depression: mainly physical discomfort, but depression is not obvious. Most of these patients went to internal medicine and surgery for treatment, had many unnecessary examinations, and some were misdiagnosed. Such patients are more common in our country.
The above-mentioned depressions are not typical, so they are easily overlooked or misdiagnosed, causing patients to suffer long-term pain and unable to extricate themselves. Therefore, early recognition is very important.
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Two-pronged approach to drugs and psychology
Acute, young patients, people without family history, people with no personality problems, people without physical disease, and people with good social support, if the treatment is timely and adequate, the cure will be good. Patients need to have full knowledge, understanding and acceptance of depression, and patients need to change their cognition and improve their personality. At the same time, social support is needed, and patients need more company.
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Tracing to the source and discussing the two major causes
Depression is mainly caused by psychosocial factors and biological factors. Social psychological factors include life events, cognitive styles, personality characteristics and social support. Generally, people with major life events within 6 months have a 6 times higher risk of illness than normal people, and 7 times higher risk of suicide; they have a tendency to absolute requirements, wear gray glasses to see the world, and have catastrophic expectations for things People with other cognitive styles are prone to depression; people with personality characteristics such as perfectionism, indecision, stubbornness, and low enjoyment ability are prone to depression. Social support is mainly related to the onset and recovery of patients. Biological factors include genetics and neurobiochemical substances. Nerve mediators, endocrine endogenous and exogenous factors are related to the occurrence of depression. In addition, in the autumn and winter seasons, depression is more common than in other seasons.
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Physical symptoms disappear, depression is not good
A 29-year-old man suffering from severe depression has completely disappeared as a physical symptom of depression after taking drugs and cooperating with psychotherapy. From a clinical point of view, his illness should be said to be completely cured, but he still stays at home all day, not interacting with the outside world, not to mention work and independence, and his daily life is still taken care of by his family. When the World Health Organization redefines "health", it regards "good state of harmony with society" as an important criterion. Although the physical symptoms of the young man disappeared, but he failed to return to social life and resume his life as a normal person in the society, he cannot be considered as a complete recovery, but only half of the treatment. This kind of "half treatment" is still common in the treatment of mental and mental illnesses.
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Self-examination is also important for depression
Depressive disorders are mainly depressed, loss of interest in daily activities, no sense of pleasure, significant loss of energy, and persistent fatigue for no reason; slow speech or irritability; low self-evaluation, or self-blame or guilt; associations Difficulties, or significant decline in conscious thinking ability; recurring thoughts of death, or suicidal behavior; insomnia, or early awakening, or excessive sleep; loss of appetite, or significant weight loss; significant loss of libido. If you have the above symptoms and persist for more than two weeks, you are advised to seek medical attention.
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