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- 1. Nowadays doctors are talking a lot about depression and its treatment and there are several methods that are really efficient in the fight against depression. And it is the possibility to save the world from the depressed state.
- 2. The consequences of depression may be really awful and may cause further problems in life and with surrounding. The problem is that these consequences may be even the death and suicide. It is especially dangerous for teenagers. According to statistics about 35% of teens do consider suicide.
- 3. Rarely the development of depression in old age is connected with some diseases such as endocrine disease or the certain medicine taking. The manifestation of depression in old age has its specialities in every certain case and the exact diagnosis may be set only by a doctor.
- 4. The main element in depression treatment is taking care of yourself. In fact this is essential part of depression treatment and even the preventive measure of this disease.
Season depression
Season depression is the version of recurrent depressions. Depressions that develop during autumn and winter seasons with the certain regularity refer to the season depressions. Usually they develop annually not less than during three years.
Season depression may be reflected with the same symptoms as simple depressions not connected with the definite season. So the main symptoms are the bad mood with the feeling of trouble and concern, decrease of interest to environment, apathy, etc. Very often these symptoms are more vivid during the first part of a day while the state gets better by evening.
There are also symptoms that are more specific for season depression. Patients that suffer from season depression together with usual symptoms feel sleepiness during the day and the increase of appetite. During the period of depression they eat more food that is rich in carbohydrates getting additional kilograms in their weight. As a rule the general decrease of tonus, the appearance of weakness, different negative sensations in the body are characteristic for people who suffer from season depression.
In the development of season depression the main role is given to the disorders of serotonin in metabolism. Serotonin is biological substance that regulates the behaviour. Extreme investigators showed that in winter the concentration of serotonin is lower than during summer as its release depends on melatonin that is formed under the influence of sun light.