Definition
Depression is a feeling of human grief and chagrin, despair and loss of interest and inability to enjoy anything that walked or fun, Vmarb depression desire to lose appetite and a sense of what each had to eat it before but can not find the taste of sweet or any thing in the world
There are also several types of depression are caused by hormonal disorders such as depression, menopause, or as a result of some diseases, organic or a result of eating certain medications such as drug and its derivatives Rizrbin .. Or in cases of neurological illness such as Parkinson's disease, or hardening of the arteries of the brain
And the proportion of depression is 5% of the population or more than a little
Diagnosis
Depressive symptoms and signs of many
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Feeling of sadness, depression and distress and despair, a so-called mood disorder.
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Loss of interest and the ability to enjoy life's pleasures
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Disturbance of appetite and loss of sense of taste and flavor of the food he eats only because it used to it
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Accompanied by loss of appetite, weight loss .. With the observation that some depressed patients increasingly reluctant to eat and thus gain weight, but also without feeling the pleasure of food as they were before
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Sleep disturbance increase or decrease, but often, especially in the elderly is insomnia and lack of qualitative and quantitative number of hours of suffering from sleep with nightmares and sleep anxiety.
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Decreased motor activity, energy, and the patient feeling lazy and tired quickly, but sometimes the opposite also occurs, but do not be in the form of organized activity is useful, but in the form of excessive motor agitation and aimless
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Difficulty concentrating and lack of ability to think orderly, causing the large number of Sarhan and the failure of some of the students or the failure of some staff in the performance of their
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Guilt and sin and lack of self-worth, despite the patient not to commit any of the calls to these feelings of guilt .. But felt that it is responsible for everything that happens around him of the misfortunes and sins.
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Frequent thoughts about death, and not the value of life, and the absurdity of existence, and wished death .. Sometimes even committing suicide in cases of severe depression.
The theme of suicide should be taken seriously when there are any signs or symptoms of depression because the firm that 15% of depressed patients commit suicide, and depression if the patient said or hinted of wanting to die, it is carried out and commit suicide already.
There are some facts about depression
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The early detection of depression is important because it facilitates the task of treatment, and greatly increases the chances of recovery.
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The early symptoms of the disease often begin to lose enthusiasm and interest in work and social relations of different .. It seems most of the time the patient worried distracted and loses its activity and fun and it seems as if he had aged and become incapacitated prematurely
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If the symptoms of depression in the case, the emotional and mood are not clear, we find depression has declared itself in the form of symptoms of physical organic, such as pain are many and varied in different parts of the body, or loss of sexual ability, or the presence of symptoms and diseases of the membership, although tests to prove non-existence
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Appear in some severe cases of mental depression symptoms such as hallucinations (eg hearing voices or the like would demean or urging him to get rid of his life) or delusions (false fixed ideas can not be corrected discussion or argument), such as delusions of guilt (without doing something worthy of the painful sensation), or delusions of nihilism or ill health.
And emphasizes the most modern schools in psychotherapy, especially the cognitive therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy and rational that depression arises as a result of misconceptions distorted adopted by the patient himself and the reality surrounding it and also the expectations and perceptions frustrating desperate about the future. Therefore resort therapists who follow the methods of these schools to the discovery of these negative thoughts in the mind of the patient's active and pessimistic perceptions and expectations, which are active all the time in his thinking and imagination to continually pay to despair, sadness and pessimism.
Have addressed many of the cases using the methods of self-medication, the Koran, which helped many of them in control of negative thoughts and disposal of defeatism and the rejection of despair.
One of these cases mention the case of the lady who was a pariah, and believes it is acceptable to her husband and her friends .. And they are of bad luck and that failure is the fate of every project, every step you take, and the constant preoccupation of these negative thoughts makes them in the mood sombre, emotional despair, and as a result of saturation of these beliefs and ideas were always desperate pessimism lazy Moktbh face down .. Whenever she applied for a job to fail, especially in the personal assessment interviews, and increased failure to install the belief that it has failed is unacceptable bleak, reflecting on her emotional and led to increased depression and its symptoms.
And using the method of foresight noteworthy managed after about two months to make sure just that way of thinking the wrong concepts and melancholy, and defeatism that revolve in her mind all the time, is the main cause in the case of depression and despair, desperation, and with the manner the second and the third was able to get rid of all those ideas and concepts defeatist negative.
Treatment ....
A - Psychotherapy:
And varies from case to case (see the modern psychological methods of treatment mentioned in the Site and advice to help visitors see the site).B - drug therapy:
Vary antidepressants (which should not only be used under the supervision of a physician specialist) include several groups, including:
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Tricyclic antidepressants Tricyclic antidepressants such as Tofranil and drug Altofranjl Terbtizul Tryptizol and Anafranjl Anafranil and other drugs.
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The beginning of treatment and doses of these medicines be between 10-50 mg and up and 150-300 mg per day. Choose a doctor and medicine depending on the type and degree of severity of depression, age of the patient and other factors related to public health of the patient and the results of his examinations.
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Group quad Lhalqa T. Tetracyelic antidepressants include medication to Edoumal Ludiomil a benefit in the treatment of depression in the elderly, heart patients and glaucoma.
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The group of anti-oxidant mono amines and symbolized by the symbol MAOI's, including a drug and a drug Parnate Albarnett Nardel Nardil.
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Range of modern drugs inhibiting serotonin to recover .. And denoted by SSRI's, a high-impact effective in the treatment of various types of depression .. It is also distinct from other antidepressants which lack the side effects were causing many problems, especially for the elderly, this group includes drugs: Prozac, Prozac, Vavrin Faverin, Cypram Cipram, Saroxat Seroxat, Zoloft and the drug Zoloft.
Of course, all these drugs should be used only under the supervision of a doctor.
Therapy sessions and used electricity in cases of severe depression and when there is suicidal, or inhibitors impede the drug therapy is safe and fast effect but are also used with drug therapy.
Note (1): not enough room here to mention the other new drugs and effective in various cases of depression.
Note (2): See the study, Dr. Ramez Taha for the best ways to treat depression provided in the Fourth International Conference on Social Development Office of the Amiri Diwan in Kuwait in
2003
