Wednesday 23 November 2011

Mental Disorders

Dealing with Mental Disorders  
A mental disorder or mental illness is a negative psychological or behavioral pattern of a person in response to normal situations of life prevailing for more than an acceptable period of time. From mild depression to severe mental behavior, a psychological problem can have devastating effects on lives of individuals suffering from it, their family and society. There are various kinds of psychological problems defined on the basis of standard guideline criteria. Few of them are discussed below:

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Post traumatic stress disorder is a kind of stress disorderthat's triggered by witnessing a life threatening event and inability to behave normally after witnessing such event or situation. Symptoms of PTSD include flash back episodes of events, severe anxiety, severe depression and uncontrollable thoughts about events.


Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment:

There are no specific tests for recognizing PTSD in a person. However, doctors or psychiatrists recognize it on the basis of symptoms. Post traumatic stress disorder treatment includes a combination of psychotherapy and medication. Several types of therapies may be used to treat PTSD such as group therapy, cognitivebehaviouraltherapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).


Depression: Depression is a disturbed state of mind prevailing for longer than normal or acceptable period of time. It is a severe psychological condition in which person cannot stop feeling sad or hopeless. Such a person often expresses hopelessness, anxiety, negative thoughts, irritability and loss of pleasure and excitement in life. In severe conditions, such people also express suicidal tendencies and take their own lives to get rid of problems.


Depression Treatment

Depression treatment depends upon its severity and kind. There are various kinds of depression such as depresion, dysthymic disorder, non-specific depression, adjustment disorder with depression and bi-polar depression. It is essential to take help of professional psychiatrist to help people suffering from depression. Psychiatrists help people to come out of their state of depression through treatment combined of regular counselling, psychotherapies and antidepressants. The major focus of doctors is towards building self esteem in patients. Apart from doctor's treatment, love and support of friends and family is essential to help people suffering from depression.

Bipolar Disorder is a mental disorder in which person shows extreme mood swings in his or her behavior. Such condition is also known as manic depression. Person suffering from bipolar disorder shows serious shifts in moods, thinking, and behavior. Such extraordinary mood changes of bipolar disorder are so intense that they interfere with person's ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

Bipolar Disorder Treatment

A patient suffering from bipolar disorder expresses mood swings in extraordinary ways. For instance, sometimes they feel so much depressed, that it becomes difficult for them to do anything at all while on other phases they may express hyper activeness. Diagnosing bipolar disorder is tricky even for trained professionals, thus it is advisable to treat it under guidance of trained psychiatrist instead of your family physicians. Bipolar disorder treatment involves complete treatment plan comprised of medicines, psychotherapy, counseling, education, lifestyle management and support.






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