Causes of the emergence of depression
Depression will plague more friends, so that the patient's mental condition is abnormal, which will affect their lives, we should pay attention to the onset of depression, a clear understanding of some of the knowledge of the disease of depression can be, look down for everyone to introduce the cause of depression will have what causes it, together with the realization of it.
The causes of depression:
1, stressful life events. Unpleasant life events such as conflicts with others, financial difficulties, retirement, unemployment, having children, loneliness, loss of a loved one or loss of something important can cause a susceptible person to become depressed or make depression worse. Depressive reactions are often delayed, sometimes occurring months after the life event. A hypothesis in clinical medicine suggests that chemicals in the brain of a depressed person are out of balance, which leads to depression, and that antidepressants or other medications are given to restore the balance, thereby improving the physical manifestations of depression. Depression has a family aggregation and a genetic predisposition. Studies of monozygotic twins have shown that the occurrence of depression in one of the twins is associated with a 70% risk of depression in their siblings, in contrast, the occurrence of depression in one of the non-twin siblings is associated with only a 15% risk of depression in the other siblings.
2、It may also be caused by physical illness or medication. Mumps, influenza, hepatitis, thyroid lesions, anemia, diabetes, birth control pills, alcohol or other psychoactive substance abuse, heart disease, high blood pressure and other diseases can trigger depressive symptoms. For this reason, clinical diagnosis of depression should involve a physical examination to rule out these causes. The patient's personality traits are also an important factor in the occurrence of depression. Depressed patients often have a pessimistic view of themselves and the world, do not pay attention to good things, and are particularly preoccupied with bad things. Some people are not depressed but tend to see things in this pessimistic way; in other words, they may have a depressive personality. People with this personality trait have a higher risk of developing depression.
Types of Depression:
1, endogenous depression and reactive depression, the so-called exogenous, usually refers to depression caused by external environmental events, is the result of the reaction to frustration, life's unfortunate events, the pressure of work and study and other mental stimulus events. Examples include reactive depression and depressive neurosis. Endogenous depression, on the other hand, is a common type of depression caused by "internal" factors in the body, with obvious biological characteristics, such as a more prominent genetic component.
2, psychotic depression and neurotic depression, psychotic depression not only has the symptoms of depression, but also has the symptoms of mental illness, for example: such as self-blame, self-incrimination, delusions of victimization, suicide attempts are very obvious patients. Depressive neurosis, also known as neurotic depression, is caused by psychosocial factors, but also often associated with the patient's personality deviation; is a persistent depressed state of mind as the main feature of neurotic disorders, the severity of which can be ups and downs fluctuations; often accompanied by anxiety, somatic complaints and sleep disorders. Patients have treatment requirements, but there is no obvious motor inhibition or hallucinations or delusions, and life and work are not seriously affected.
After a clear understanding of this knowledge, we have a special understanding of the main causes of depression, depression will bring patients with very serious psychological disorders, for their life brought very much trouble, we have to analyze the causes of this disease, and should be depression prevention, adjust their own state of mind.
