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Depression and depressive moroseness
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The WHO regards depression as an increasing danger. Reasons for this are the decay of a family structure, the loss of ideological rules as well as the isolation of the masses and the favoured image of a single successful human supported by the media.
Every person suffering from depression has his individual symptoms. The textbook by Keiholz poses questions that should be answered by yourself: Am I able to feel joy? Am I having difficulties making decisions? Do I have interests or hobbies? Am I brooding? Do I sometimes think life is meaningless? Am I tired and lifeless in the morning? Do I recently suffer from insomnia? Do I have spontaneous sometimes long-lasting pains, e.g. in the breast? Did I lose weight because I lost appetite?
This is the way depression might affect our physical condition, thinking, feeling and acting. If suffering from diabetes it is important to tell a confidant doctor about a loss of appetite because this can lead to strong irregularities of the blood glucose level. A specialist can diagnose depression and treat it with medication or psychotherapy.
Besides these common treatments there are many more e.g. light therapy or vegetal agents such as melissa against melancholy.
source: Ulrike Rossmann, Zucker 01/2005
Translated by Jella Eifler
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