Mood [affective] disorders (71 contents)
Recurrent depressive disorder (51 contents)
How does running help treat depression?
Aerobic exercise, such as running, can act as an antidepressant. Researchers indicate that this form of activity can support the treatment of mild to moderate depression. Running has implications not...
Coronavirus and depression
The COVID-19 pandemic, which is still ongoing, has many different consequences - economic, social and health aspects. Doctors draw attention above all to the last mentioned and emphasise that...
Antidepressants and the risk of death from COVID-19
Medics are constantly looking at what drugs could be used to treat COVID-19. It is fairly obvious that they are considering various antiviral drugs, but from time to time preparations from other...
Occupational burnout recognised as a disease entity by the World Health Organisation
In May this year, occupational burnout was included in the WHO's International Classification of Diseases as an occupational syndrome significantly affecting health. As a result, from January next...
10 October - World Mental Health Day
Today, 10 October, is World Mental Health Day. This holiday was established in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health. The day is designed to draw attention to the issue of mental disorders....
Treatment of depression in children and adolescents
Although the problem is quite widespread, it is unfortunately relatively often underestimated - we are talking about depression in children and adolescents. The consequences of underestimating the...
Child depression or adolescent crisis - how to tell the difference?
Adolescence is a special time - the changes that take place during this period mean that many teenagers experience mood swings, irritability or other problems. Parents often wonder whether their...
Depression - causes, symptoms, treatment, therapy
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders. Depression, sadness, despondency. These states have been experienced by everyone many times in their lives. Are these symptoms of depression?
Women are more likely to be depressed than men
Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression. The problem can be exacerbated especially when other illnesses are present in addition , reports the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. A...
Depression affects not only the psyche, but also the body
Depression is associated with a lowered mood, difficulty in feeling joy or simply sadness, and indeed - psychopathological symptoms are the basic problems that are encountered in its course. However,...
Discover an effective weapon to combat the autumn blues!
For most people, autumn is a season of physical and mental decline. The increasingly shorter days, with less sunshine and often also rain, do not do much for the mood. A lowered mood can in many...
Ayahuasca - a psychedelic specific used by Indians from the Amazon basin possible for the treatment of depression?
Ayahuasca is a drug mainly used by Indians from the Amazon basin. Researchers from various centres in Brazil conducted a study in which they wanted to determine what effect it had on treating people...
Nervous breakdown: what is it and how to deal with it?
A nervousbreakdown is a temporary condition in which a person loses the ability to function properly in many different areas of life, including work or family. The symptoms of a nervous breakdown...
Types of depression
If one were to ask someone what mental disorder a depressed mood is associated with, the answer would most likely be depression. Indeed, it is this entity that most often leads people to experience...
Objective tools in psychiatry - about laboratory tests
The psychiatrist tries with all available methods to create as accurate a picture as possible of the patient who comes to his office. The psychiatric examination begins with a thorough medical...
An old antibiotic - a 'novelty' in the treatment of depression?
Minocycline, referred to in the article below, is an antibiotic from the semi-synthetic tetracycline group, known since the early 1970s. It acts against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria....
Relationships as an antidote to loneliness
Depression affects up to 60% of people in certain social groups. The scale of this phenomenon is alarming and the modern world makes it difficult to counteract. Psychotherapeutic practice shows that...
Senior citizen depression
Depression is an illness that affects people of all ages. The most common mental disorders in the senior population are dementia syndromes and depression.
Seasonal depression - how to deal with it?
Although the day has been getting longer for the past few days, we are still in for a few cold and dark months. What is the best way to get through this difficult time?
Therapy needed now? Psychological problems of cardiac patients
Sudden illness is always a huge stress for patients. This applies, of course, to different diseases - and the treatment of individual patients should be different.
Low back pain
Nicotinism, alcohol abuse, depression and obesity increase the risk of lower back pain.
Depression and cardiomyopathy during the puerperium
Obesity, anxiety disorders and depression increase the likelihood of cardiomyopathy during the puerperium.
