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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.
The spread of depression
The risk to get sick with depression makes about 20%. According to scientists this is caused by the processes of urbanization, a great number of stress factors that are everywhere a person goes, migration and other social trends of the modern society.
It is necessary to mention that the manifestation and development of depression causes the number of unfavourable consequences of both medical and social character.
Depression as no other psychological disease is connected with the risk of suicide that is one of the greatest tragic ends that leads to premature death in 15% of cases among people who suffer from depression. Depression influences the quality of life essentially as well as adaptive possibilities of a person ruining the usual life style. The workability decrease may lead to the loose of job, its change and complete disability.
The frequency of depression in the general medicine makes 22-23% and exceeds the frequency of such disease spread as hypertension. Once appearing depression gets worse with every time of its reflection and every time its treatment becomes more difficult. On the other hand a lot of somatic diseases may provoke depression. Even the disease of inner organ such as for example cancer may be the psychological trauma and may lead to depression. The in-time diagnosis and the essential treatment of depression helps and returns people the normal life.