Archive for September, 2009

Cognitive psychotherapy for depression

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Yearly by 15% of adult people aged between 18 and 74 years is observed decreased mood, the unwillingness for communications, apathy, sleep disorders and anxiety. Just with depression are connected 75% of all appeals to psychiatrists and psychotherapists.
There are two main proven ways to treat depression: medical therapy and psychotherapy. The most effect gives [...]

Antidepressants: everyday questions

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

There is a stereotype that taking of antidepressants – is a manifestation of weak character. At the same time, people who suffer from other diseases like high blood-pressure or polyarthritis, take medications during exacerbation, and it is considered quite normal.
For example, aspirin is not able to treat polyarthritis, but it can kill the pain [...]

Depression through the eyes of a psychologist

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Autumn. Days become shorter, there is little sun and sometimes we are sad. Let’s try to answer how we are sad. Try to relate following statements to yourself:

I feel oppression, depression.
Recently my appetite and weight have been changed.
I feel anxiety and I [...]

Antidepressants: mechanisms of action

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

How do antidepressants work?
If do not go into details, antidepressants are able to correct the work of some mechanisms of the brain. Our brain includes a lot of nerve cells – neurons. Although there is a communication between neurons, they do not adjoin each other – there is a chink between them, which is [...]