Monday, May 9, 2011

What is depression and its causes, types and treatment



 
 Introduction 
- Feelings of sadness are normal sensations experienced by each person to a certain degree in his life.
- Depression is a mixture of feelings of sadness, loneliness, feeling rejected by others,
 And a sense of helplessness and inability to face life's problems. As defined by the U.S. Institute of Health
 Mental
 Depression is:
"The disorder in the rest of the body includes the body and thoughts, mood, and affect the look rights for himself and his surroundings from people and what is happening from the events so that the patient loses his balance of physical, psychological and emotional".

- Depression affects women twice as affects men.
- Depression often go away automatically after a few days or weeks, but in other cases may require support
And specialized assistance, may require persons who suffer from severe depression to enter the hospital so as not to cause tremendous harm to themselves.
- Depression is part of the full spectrum of different moods experienced by the people, we are all going through times of happiness and Ouhzn and often reflected on the feelings and feel.
- And feeling sad is normal from time to time, but that has become a sense of continuing, become depressed, and this indicates that there is something wrong in the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain, which makes it imperative to do something about it.
Similarly, we both feel periods of pride and activity, but that became such a case a permanent and the activity is excessive or what is known as manic mania, it means that your job mental suffering from the disorder and require medical help to restore and functions of the mind and behavior to normal.
 
 Signs and symptoms of depression 

- Apathy and indifference in general.
- Low levels of activity continuously.
- Back ache.
- A lasting grief.
- The weakness in the memory.
- Headaches.
- Upset stomach.
- Often a bad mood.
- Inability to cope with difficulties.
- Insomnia or waking up early in the morning (although some tend to over-sleep).
- Lack of interest in sex.
- Loss of appetite (although some is bound to have excessive appetite for food).
- Loss of focus
- Lack of self-esteem.
- The feeling of guilt.
- Anxiety.
- And whispers of downer and shadows and fake and irrational ideas
- Think of self-harm.
- Agitation and physical instability.
 
 Survey and detection of depression 

If you were not sure Are you suffering from depression or not, brought the paper and answer the following questions yes or no:

1. I feel sad and depressed most of the time.
2. I do not enjoy things as it was before.
3. I thought about suicide.
4. I feel that I do not have the benefit of no one needs me.
5. Lose weight.
6. I suffer from insomnia long term.
7. I much traffic and I can not stay constant.
8. My mind is not purity that are used to.
9. I feel tired for no reason.
10. I feel despair about the future.

Result: -
- If you answered yes to the first and second questions you may suffer from major depression
- If you answered yes to at least two questions from Questions 4 to 10 perhaps you are suffering from a slight depression (preferably a doctor)
- If you answered yes to question No. 3 contact your doctor immediately.

 
Types of depression 

Narrow natural:
A malaise, which does not exceed in duration of minutes or hours and may have a reasonable cause discomfort such as life, and go away without intervention does not prevent a person from practicing his life normally.

Normal sadness:
A feeling that is going on when the human has something or someone dear. It is similar in intensity to some cases of depression but it is as natural causes and gradually fades within a few days or weeks without therapeutic intervention.

Reactive depression or adjustment disorder:
A state of depression over several days or weeks as a result of a specific event which may lead to disturbances of normal life for the infected and may need treatment for drug or psychiatric sessions.



Severe depression:
A severe case of depression over several weeks or more and lead to a failure in the performance of various functions of the injured and up to the degree of psychotic features, such as hearing voices and ideas of the tyrannical and suicide attempts.

This type of depression may alternate with cases of mania (the euphoria and joy in excess of the limit and the large number of reckless speech and behavior, etc. ..). This type is called bipolar affective disorder. The depression also occurs in the form of seasonality in the same season of the year every year.
 
 Causes of Depression 

- During major transition periods of life: such as divorce or the transition from the cumbersome to the age of majority.
- Pressure very nervous.
- Live with other family members living with depression.
- He often people with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder and other psychiatric disorders of depression.
- Loss or death of a loved one or close to us.
- Problems in relations with others.
- Poor health.
- Taking care of the health of people for long periods.
- The hassles and physical problems.
- Problems of work-related.
- Disputes still outstanding
- Accumulation of problems to the extent that it can not be borne by the person.
- Physiological factors Ktdni levels of thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism).
- Hormonal problems that can occur after childbirth or during menopause.
- Factors related to lifestyle Kalisrav Alcohol or drug abuse.
- Depression can appear suddenly without any factors that have a clear and this is known as endogenous depression.
- There is evidence that some people genetically inclined to depression posed by an accident or series of events.
 
Treatment of depression 

1 - drug therapy:

And this is by taking antidepressants. A safe drugs are large and do not lead to addiction or return is required to continue on these drugs for a period not less than two weeks to begin the patient's condition is improving, and continuing in it about six months after that, despite the improvement in order to continue the patient in good condition after treatment is stopped.



These drugs are divided into groups, including:
(A) Polycyclic Heterocyclic AD.

(B) serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIS.

(C) serotonin reuptake inhibitors and noradrenaline NSRIS.

(D) inhibitors of mono amine or Oksudaiz MAOI / RIMA

(F) electric massage therapy ECT.

2 - psychotherapy:

It aims to improve the capacity of the patient's intellectual and mental, social, behavioral, such as through multiple types of psychotherapy, including:

(A) Cognitive Therapy: Works to correct misconceptions about the patient himself, his community and the replacement of these concepts more positive ones.

(B) Behaviour Therapy: Works to modify the behaviors leading to depression and education of the patient positive attitudes lead to higher efficiency and capabilities of scientific and social development.

(C) psychiatric treatment other schools: the school, such as analytical, rational and many others.



Conclusion:
The depression of the most responsive to treatment if the patient's visit faster psychiatrist and maintained as described by the use of medications, and cooperation in his meetings to attend to them psychological.

Also, the interest of the patient to maintain his relationship with God and the prayers and reading the Koran and prayers sayings have a major impact in the speed of healing, God willing.

Here are some du'aa correct:
1. Ibn Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him used to say when the anguish "there is no god but Allah, the Great Halim, there is no god but Allah, Lord of the Throne, there is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne."

2 - Abu Hurayrah may Allah be pleased with him that the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him was if his party is said, "O Allah, Islamic Monotheism"

3 - Abu Hurayrah may Allah be pleased with him that the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him if he puts it raise the tip to the sky and said "Hallelujah" Great and strained if in supplication said, "O Living, O Self."

4 - In Sunan Abi Dawood from Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him that the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him said "call distressed: O Allah, I ask your mercy do not leave me to myself blink of an eye, and fix me and others, there is no god but You."

5 - It also includes the names of the girl Umays said: The Messenger of Allah peace be upon him: not to let you know when words Tcolinhen anguish or distress: Allah is my Lord does not shirk your nothing in the novel it is seven times

 

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