Treatment of depression

How to determine depression

Chronic depression can occur for various reasons. These are emotional shocks associated with negative life events, side effects of certain drugs, various somatic diseases, pregnancy in women and other factors. Among the symptoms of this disease are such as:

• Constantly bad mood, tearfulness even in men; adolescents and children may show irritability and aggression.
• Decreased interest or its complete absence to life events, unwillingness to participate in any activity.
• Eating disorders, abnormal increase or lack of appetite.
• Insomnia, sudden night awakenings, weakness after sleep, which prevents the body from resting normally.
• Violation of psychomotor, both in the direction of excitement and inhibition.
• Chronic fatigue, especially this is characterized by endogenous depression associated with a lack of serotonin.
• Alternating periods of hyperactivity and retardation (manic-depressive states).
• Decreased attention and cognitive abilities, memory impairment.
• High probability of suicidal behavior accompanied by irrational guilt.

Prolonged clinical depression often occurs in certain situations, for example, during pregnancy or after childbirth in women, during breastfeeding. This disorder also occurs in elderly patients, children and adolescents after COVID-19 and other diseases.

How the treatment works

Only an adequate integrated approach with the involvement of specialized specialists will help to get out of deep depression. Hospitalization is required only in the most severe cases when the patient may harm himself or urgent treatment of concomitant somatic diseases is necessary.

Therefore, it is possible to answer the question of which doctor to contact for depression only after a full examination and an accurate diagnosis. The main methods of combating the disease are pharmacological and social therapy, classes with a psychotherapist. When working with the patient, the following methods of work are used:

• Talk with a doctor and examinations that are aimed at identifying the causes of depression, which can be very different–From childhood mental trauma to serious chronic diseases.
• Prescribing a medication course. Taking drugs should be done only under the supervision of a specialist, because without this they can cause irreparable harm, especially for patients who have been diagnosed with cardiac depression associated with malfunctions of the cardiovascular system. In addition, this course is necessary to maintain the patient's condition in serious somatic diseases.
• Social therapy is aimed at adapting to new conditions and developing models of correct (adequate) behavior. On this basis, including the treatment of psychogenic depression, in addition, obtaining the skills of normal communication helps to consolidate the result.

Therefore, considering such issues as how to treat severe postpartum depression in women, a good doctor connects all methods and techniques, which allows you to get the maximum possible result.

Results

Treatment of psychosis of stress and phobias has the main goal–restore a person to a normal quality of life, stabilizing his mental and emotional state. After the course, you can confidently expect the following results:

• Stabilization of emotional state, return of confidence and self-esteem.
• Removing anxiety and pathological phobias.
• If postcoid depression is diagnosed, the patient returns to a normal lifestyle.
• Eating behavior is normalized, problems with excess weight, if any, are solved.
• Returns normal sleep and wakefulness, in the morning the patient feels fresh and regained strength.
• If atypical depression is diagnosed in women or men, the accompanying factors leading to the condition are removed.
• A person is socialized, suicidal thoughts are removed.

Neuro-clinic Medical Center–The clinic in Stavropol, where you can get qualified help. We offer comprehensive treatment of depression in the elderly and other categories of patients.

Our specialists have modern techniques, which allows you to achieve a positive prolonged result, including when working with depression in children. Affordable cost of services allows us to provide qualified assistance to all those who need it.