StopDepression

Scientists have come to conclusion, that darkness is essential enhances stresses and complicates restoration after them. Because of it in the autumn and in the winter stresses, being imposed against each other, bear to lingering depressions.
Dislike of people for twilight and the darkness, reaching at times to unaccountable fear, substantially enlarges that negative influence which is rendered on the person by social stresses. As modern anthropologists note, people are exposed to similar stresses during all time of wakefulness - on the average for 17 hours a day.
According to the American scientists, such pressure upon psychics cannot pass imperceptibly and not surprisingly, that depression became so widespread disease. During the research doctor Christian Grilon and its colleagues from the American National institute of mental health have found out, that unaccountable, untied any rational preconditions the pavor enhances a stressful state of the person.

Scientists have made three-stage experiment. In the beginning they have invited several healthy volunteers and have checked jerks of an organism of each of them in darkness and in more shined premise. Then they have repeated experiment, however before retest of work of an organism, scientists have simulated a situation of the public statement demanding a certain strain and for many bound to reception of serious social stress for volunteers. At last, experiment have repeated once again, but before it have conducted with volunteers the special lesson promoting a full physical release phenomenon of an organism. Both after a stressful situation, and after a total release phenomenon, psychiatrists have observed jerks of people.

As a marker of work of an organism Grilion used reflex reaction of start. This complex, consensual reaction was measured as the answer to unforeseen stimulant. As such stimulant psychiatrists used a white noise, submitted to volunteers in ear-phones.
As a result scientists have found out: consensual starts, and also a number of the visceral and hormonal reactions, treated as exhibitings of jerk of pavor, reached the maximum exhibiting when hum was broadcast in ear-phones to the examinee sitting in full darkness. At the people who tested a stressful situation and have undergone to influence of a white noise in the same situation, jerk of pavor has been expressed even more sharply.

According to scientists, these tests allow to confirm confidently: the pavor before darkness appreciably enhances depression, bound to stresses.
«As the stress is bound to augmentation of quantity of emotional distresses, it is the extremely important to perceive, how it influences an organism and behaviour of the person», - has noted Grilion.

According to the author of research, the stimulus acting in a role of the moderate stress-factor, enlarges a concern state even at mental healthy people who are not predisposed to affective distresses, and it very well shows the made experiment. From this point of view similar researches are really important, as during such psychiatric modulation it is possible to trace correctly changes of work of the excitatory system which descend in connection with the disturbing caused by stress.
As the editor of magazine Biological Psychiatry John Kristal from Medical school of Jelsky university has declared, authors have shown, that the augmentation of intensity of reaction of start is influenced both congenital pavor to darkness, and by social stresses. As he said, perfection used Grilion and its colleagues of methods of research «will help to perceive, how, resisting to influence of stresses and pavors to help people with alienations», - has noticed Cristal.

Darkness and absence of light also is the cause of much more widespread kind of distresses - the seasonal depressions observed on winter and the autumn.
According to psychologists, at the modern person the disadvantage so-called «happiness hormones» - endorphines and enkephalins can quite provoke depression. These hormones sometimes name "solar": on light their work is activated. This hormone, in turn, invokes happiness inflow, tones up and rejuvenates, enhances immunodefence, cures of a sleeplessness and prolongs life.
Thus, depression and concern can capture the person not only against social stresses, but also with offensive of serotinal autumn and winter when we practically lose the sun.

While psychiatrists have not thought up a mean to struggle with these seasonal distresses. It is possible to take advantage of council of psychologists which suggest to struggle with shortage of the sun by means of so-called light therapy: shine apartment as it is possible more brightly, and persuade the heads is better to build in office accommodations of a lamp of the full spectrum which modern models about 96 % of all spectrum of a summer sunlight are capable to provide.

About depression in our country so know a little, and available representations about it are so deformed what to write about myths even somehow strange. Actually, everything, that is known to the inhabitant about this illness - one continuous myth.

Myth 1. Depression - not illness, therefore to treat it it is not necessary
Depressions happen different
Exogenous - caused by the external reasons (for example, loss of work or mors of the loved one).
Endogenous - caused by the internal, often not realised reasons.
The myth that exogenous depressions it is normal, and endogenous - a sign of chronic mental disease is extended. It not so, the external stimulus can become the beginning of the hardest chronic disorder, and endogenous depression can be only a depressive episode.
There is a popular belief that depression - trifles, that's nothing unusual and with all sometimes happens. Or even it nothing someone, here he and shows off. It not illness at all, simply person himself gives vent to the bad mood. And time not illness, and overindulgence any also medicines for depression any are not necessary.
It is necessary to disappoint optimists. Depression - the real disease. And disease serious, even with a possible lethal outcome. Not there is some great bulk of suicides attribute to mood disorders. Certainly, with the easy form of depression the person can consult itself, but in serious cases without treatment depression can last for years, amplify and develop into something else more serious, for example in a maniacally-depressive psychosis.
Here all as with any other illness, for example, with a flu: it is possible even to "pass" by a principle «itself will pass», but always there is a risk, that without the professional help business will end with serious complications and hospital. In general, it is better to seem at once to the doctor, and let he decides, that now it is necessary - to have a drink a seagull with honey or at once to be accepted to antimicrobial medicines.
In the same way and with depression. The person cannot independently estimate the condition. Unlike a flu, experience which treatment is available literally for everything, with depression even friends and relatives will not help. It is necessary to address to the expert. Here other malignant myth also gets out.

Myth 2. You are ill with depression - means, you the loony, and your place in a madhouse
Now a word to pessimists: depression is a horror-horror-horror and a shame for all life. The patient will necessarily lay «in a mental hospital» in which will terribly excruciate. Then will inform in a work place, will put on the account in clinic, and the life on it will end.
First, depression, as well as any other illness of the shameful cannot be. It not fault of the person, and misfortune, with it happened. To hesitate of it is last business.
Secondly, even with chronic depression hospitalise more often not in insane hospitals, and in the crisis centres which inherently are more similar not to hospital, and on sanatorium. Thirdly, on the account in clinic (that is valid not Saccharum) can put violently only in case of numerous hospitalisation «on fast» with suicide attempt.
Certainly, all depends and from luck - there are such crisis centres, that Gestapo torture chambers have a rest. Happen such in which people are torn to "have a rest" back. Psychiatrists happen understanding and competent, and happen such, that though in wood from them run. But it concerns any area of medicine.
From simple to the difficult
The dysthymia - the person longly (not less than two years) pursues nasty mood and a breakdown.
The depressive episode - all is much more rigid and more serious. Quite often in a depressive episode suicide attempts are made. The depressive episode can last from one about several months.
Depressive disorder - depressive episodes repeat regularly (for example, all known autumn depression).
By the way, in the sick-list now it is simply forbidden to enter the diagnosis. If you are excited with the name of hospital "psychiatric" in your sick-list it also can to be put under the arrangement with a hospital management. Always there is a die where number of hospital without specialisation is specified only.

Myth 3. Depression is for ever
Not necessarily. At adequate treatment of a depressive episode, about illness it is possible to forget. For ever.

Myth 4. Antidepressants are hazardous to health
It, it is necessary to tell, not absolutely a myth. Even at modern, enough the humane preparations intended for struggle against depression, can be observed by-effects though psychiatrists try to pick up treatment so that not to aggravate troubles of the patients.
More often antidepressants cause headaches, giddinesses, a sweating, palpitation, a hypersensibility to light, loss of sex desire, drowsiness, depression or, on the contrary, appetite augmentation.
Most of all patients are afraid of the last. It is considered, that because of reception of antidepressants the person can type excess weight. But, it is possible and at the depression. Someone is afraid of loss of sex desire, but also at depression it is difficult to be the sexual giant. Besides, by-effects pass right after the terminations of course of treatment, and depression with its not palatable symptoms can last for years.

Myth 5. Antidepressants cause dependence
Here even to tell there is nothing. Neither old antediluvian, nor especially modern soft antidepressants, do not cause physiological dependence, unless only the psychological. But that only does not cause psychological dependence. Then it is necessary to speak about danger of Acidum ascorbinicum. As children sit down! All time is asked from mums in drugstores the by «the big tasty tablets».

Myth 6. Antidepressants can be prescribed to itself
Certainly, serious medicines without the prescription to sell should not, but necessity is the mother of invention - get both the prescription, and medicines. Consequences of independent reception can be various. Chance, that medicines will help the scanty. And chance there is less, that they will not do much harm.
How to distinguish?
Dysthymia signs: bad appetite or a hyperalimentation, dream disturbances, a breakdown, loss of self-esteem, difficulty with concentration of attention, sensation of hopelessness.
Depression signs: high fatigability and a breakdown, a sleeplessness or excessively long dream, loss of appetite and appreciable loss of weight (is much more rare - on the contrary), can replace strong excitation or block, these conditions each other, abilities of thinking and concentration, self-abasement, sensation of own otioseness, feeling of fault, constants, notions of compulsion about mors and a suicide, loss of interest to hobbies, indifference to pleasures decrease.
Antidepressants - strongly operating substances which the doctor selects individually. Especially it concerns dosages.

Myth 7. Antidepressants can to stop be drunk at any moment
Often, feeling reduction of symptoms of depression and having got tired of by-effects, the person simply throws course of treatment. And here it cannot be done categorically! The doctor not only prescribes antidepressants, but also should look after the patient while that accepts them constantly.
Usually at first register small doses, then gradually them enlarge, and then again reduce before absolutely cancelling a medicine. If to throw course of treatment on the peak, it is possible not only depression renewal in even worst kind, but also other entertaining by-effects: a nausea with vomiting, an attention defocusing, giddiness - in general, a full set of troubles.

The American scientists have found out, that children and teenagers with depression and the raised feeling of anxiety, and also other mental disturbances are more subject to an allergy.
In research of the American scientists took part more than 180 children and teenagers at the age from four till twenty years which surveyed on presence of various alienations and an allergy. Allergic reactions have been found out in fifty seven percent of participants of research, including an asthma, a hay fever, an eczema and an eruption.
Mental disturbances have been found out in sixty seven percent of children and teenagers, such as depression and the raised anxiety, and also behavioural disorders, such as a syndrome of deficiency of attention.
Researchers have noticed, that at those children who suffered from alienations, twice there were allergic reactions is more often.

New research of the American scientists has shown, that women of average years between excess weight and depression have an interrelation.
Researchers had been collected the information at 4641 women about growth, weight, a food allowance and physical activity.
It was as a result found out, that the women suffering from excess weight, are is twice more often subject to a depression. Communication between excess weight and depression remained strong even after have considered the factor of the marital status, formation, smoking and use of antidepressants.
Depression and fatness are closely interconnected among themselves, doctor Greg Sajmon heading research considers.
According to Greg Sajmona when people recover are leads to depression, and in a depression it is more difficult to them to undertake something for growing thin. The label of the person suffering from completeness lowers self-respect and in turn desire to grow thin.
The scientist advises to the women suffering from excess weight, to raise a self-rating that will help them to grow thin subsequently, the Medical information network transfers.

On international psychiatric conferences in Melbourn it is noticed, that omega-3 fat acids positively influence at a heart pathology, and also allow to avoid and warn serious mental diseases.
Results can offer more safe method of treatment and the prevention of schizophrenia and to avoid appreciable by-effects from reception of antipsychotic preparations.
"It is delightful result when the natural substance helps to spend effective treatment of persons with alienations", professor Orygen Research Centre of Melbourn Paul Amminger has told.
Researchers throughout a year estimated group of 81 young men with the raised risk at the age from 13 till 24 years at which in the past the short periods of hallucinations and illusions were observed. Schizophrenia has developed in 3 % at persons accepting cod-liver oil.
Last researches specify, that the risk of development of a pathology at reception of antipsychotic agents makes 12 %. However, the given scheme leads often to serious by-effects.
Now, scientists plan to carry out more serious and expanded research the given direction.
The received results encourage in an application question omega-3 fat acids in treatment of such conditions as depression, bipolar affective disorder, chronic rheumatic illness of heart and even a cancer.
As there are data of effect the given method for children, suffering an autism, and depression of aggression among prisoners.

All of us say is more often, that practically we live in a stress condition. How to keep emotional balance and not to break in a depression precipice?

We "hang", as the computer...
All psychiatrists of the world say that now we have entered into a century of boundary psychological conditions. According to statistics the CART, quantity of the people requiring the psychological help, grows faster, than number suffering cardiovascular and oncologic diseases.
But thus the quantity of serious alienations was, is and will be kept in the same borders - such diagnoses are stably put approximately 19 % of the population.
Lists of patients at the expense of the people who are in boundary - stressful - conditions replenish. Boundary - means between health and an illness. That is the person is mentally healthy, but its mentality does not cope with volume of the negative information and "hangs", as the overloaded computer. The person constantly is exposed to stress, and this condition can pass in chronic, that, in turn, leads to depression.

So what illnesses from nerves?
Here much depends on psychotype. At someone fixing the stress has mental implications - neurosises, phobias (every possible obsessional pavors) develop, and at someone provokes diseases of internal organs.
Most often the stress masks under cardiovascular illnesses (a hypertonia, ischemic heart disease, an infarct), a stomach ulcer and a duodenum. In general, on the statistican, more than 35 % sick of chronic diseases at the heart of the illness have "bad" stress which can lead to depression.
Correctly, we will operate.
The uniform technique of struggle against stress does not exist. The approach depends on psychotype of the person, its character, moral values. To begin with it is necessary to define: who I am actually. Be not afraid to analyze itself.
Reaction of the person to stress is put in pawn by nature, level of self-checking at all different. And counterarguments (that is those equipments with which you can suppress stress) at everyone the. It would be ideal to address to the psychotherapist and together to classify all. But it is possible to give and some the general references.

Councils on every day on struggle against stress
At stress the wedge needs to be knocked out a wedge. To be filled up on a sofa faced to a wall with thought: «Leave me everything, allow to die easy», - the most incorrect decision.
Do not give in to depressive thoughts, do not go in cycles in pity to itself. A mental strain is better it is taken out... The physical. You have worn out on work? Go to fitness!
At putting off of "bad" stress it is impossible to take relaxing techniques for a basis (type auto-trainings «I am quiet, I am absolutely quiet...»).
Study to encourage itself. Quite often we run into a fixing stressful condition because we accustom ourselves to self-digging.
It is necessary to learn to be switched from your work on other vigorous activity also demanding loads, a strain. Easier speaking, it is necessary to find any outlet on your interests, demanding activity.
And to take out alarm and a strain on a situation the effective demulcent will help.