Depression-A mental health problem

Released on = May 1, 2006, 9:42 pm

Press Release Author = Anjlina Croft

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = In most cases, people are unable to recognize depression and
bother less to treat it because the symptoms of depression almost match the physical
illnesses like sleep and appetite disturbances. It is necessary to recognize the
symptoms of depression first and take medical assistance to treat it.

Press Release Body = Depression is a mental health problem that involves your whole
body, mood and thoughts. It is a condition that interferes how you eat and sleep,
think and feel about yourself and other things; it affects your social behavior and
also disrupts your sense of physical well-being. Once identified, depression can be
treated well.

We often come across with a blue mood but it is not a depressive disorder. It
happens due to stress, over-work condition, and such problem will go away in no time
as soon as the problems are solved. But, if such feelings linger for longer period
and affect our day-to-day life, then it can be considered as depressive disorder.

In most cases, people are unable to recognize depression and bother less to treat it
because the symptoms of depression almost match the physical illnesses like sleep
and appetite disturbances. It is necessary to recognize the symptoms of depression
first and take medical assistance to treat it.

Depression not only causes pain to the victim but it equally affects the life of the
people who love and care about them. It should be treated in time, or else it can
ruin the family life as well as the life of the depressed person.
Symptoms of depression are varied and its prevalence and severity varies from person
to person. Some of the symptoms are listed below:
Ø Feeling of hopelessness, pessimism
Ø Loss of interest in activities that were once enjoyed
Ø Persistent sadness, anxious
Ø Lack of concentration on work and difficulty in decision making
Ø Decreased energy, fatigue
Ø Lack of appetite and weight loss or overeating and weight gain
Ø Insomnia, early-morning awakening of oversleeping
Ø Thoughts of suicide or suicide attempt
Ø Persistent physical symptoms like headache, digestive disorder, chronic pain that
do not respond to treatment.
Depression can be cause by various factors. Some people may have family history of
depression and that is inherited generation after generation, some may have family
conflicts due to financial condition, serious loss or damage to the property, sudden
change in lifestyle, and unsatisfying sexual relationship among couples. Apart from
this, people are depressed due prolonged physical illnesses that lead to the feeling
of irritability and people are unwilling to take adequate attention towards their
illnesses and the feeling of sickness may lead them to major depression.
For the treatment of depression, clinically approved drug is lexapro. It is a member
of the prescription drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and just a
single dose of 10 mg a day of lexapro is effective for an adult as it causes fewer
side effects and is tolerated well than other drugs in its class.

For more informations visit:
http://www.prescriptionsfirst.com

Web Site = http://www.prescriptionsfirst.com

Contact Details = 34th brick lane,
modern town,
NY,
USA- 80910

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