DEPRESSION
Today, depression is one of the most well-known diseases. Depression is a disease that greatly reduces a person’s quality of life. Depression affects work and school life. Today’s city life and relationships trigger depression. Depression can also be genetically transmitted.
Symptoms of depression can be in the form of depression, not being able to enjoy life, not being able to enjoy things that used to be enjoyable, and introversion. Sometimes there may be incompatibilities, decreases in work and school efficiency.
Depression may have physical symptoms other than this. Fatigue, loss of appetite and insomnia are common. Sometimes, depression can cause an increase in sleep and appetite on the contrary.
In depressions in children, there may be an increase in irritability and belligerence instead of introversion. Therefore, it can be confused with behavior disorder and hyperactivity. In this case, if these behaviors have just started, depression may be considered. In addition, daily problems such as parental separation, school changes, and problems in friendships can cause depression in children and adolescents.
Adolescent depressions may be accompanied by substance addictions, school failures, and peer problems.
Depression in Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depressive Illness) can often be confused with major depression. If he has had a manic illness before, he may be going through the depressive episode of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) in children is often overlooked because it is confused with mischief, hyperactivity and similar illnesses. The treatment of depression in Bipolar Disorder is different, therefore, bipolar depression and major depression should be differentiated.
In the treatment of depression, psychotherapy is applied in addition to drug treatment. Psychotherapy techniques can vary from patient to patient. In addition, if the cause of the depressive patient’s illness is a depression secondary to environmental factors, environmental factors should be tried to be corrected. For example, a child and young person suffering from depression with school change can get used to school through interventions in their school life.
Depression can also be seen after trauma. If there is accompanying post-traumatic stress disorder (post-traumatic anxiety disorder), it should be evaluated and treated together.
Depression may also be accompanied by diseases such as anxiety disorder, panic attacks, psychosis, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Each disease should be evaluated separately and treated together. According to these diseases, drug treatments and psychotherapies are applied. Child and adolescent psychiatrists or psychiatrists and psychologists should work together in treatment.
