How to cure depressive symptom?

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Depression, also known as depressive disorder, is the main type of mood disorder, which is characterized by significant and lasting depression. Clinically, depression is not commensurate with the situation. Depression can change from melancholy to grief, low self-esteem, depression, even pessimism, suicide attempt or behavior; Even the occurrence of numbness; Some patients had obvious anxiety and motor agitation; Serious person can appear hallucination, delusion and other psychotic symptoms. Each attack lasts for at least 2 weeks, the elderly or even several years. Most of the cases have the tendency of repeated attacks. Most of the attacks can be relieved, and some of them may have residual symptoms or become chronic. How to cure depressive symptom? Let's talk about it

How to cure depressive symptom?

Drug therapy is the main treatment for moderate or above depressive episodes. At present, the first-line antidepressants in clinic mainly include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI, which represents fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, citalopram and escitalopram), serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRI, which represents venlafaxine and duloxetine) Norepinephrine and specific serotonin antidepressant (Nassa, representative drug mirtazapine) etc. Traditional tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants and monoamine oxidase inhibitors are less used because of the large adverse reactions.

Psychotherapy: for patients with depressive episode with obvious psychosocial factors, psychotherapy is often combined with drug therapy. The commonly used psychotherapy methods include supportive psychotherapy, cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, marriage and family therapy, and psychodynamic therapy. Among them, the effect of cognitive behavior therapy on depressive episode has been recognized.

Physical therapy: physical therapy for severe depression patients with severe suicidal tendency and ineffective drug treatment. The commonly used method is to improve electroconvulsive, at the same time need drug cooperation. For patients with mild to moderate depression, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation can be used, which is a new physical therapy.

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Most mathematicians think that the dose of maintenance treatment drugs should be the same as the treatment dose, and regular outpatient follow-up should be carried out. Psychotherapy and social support system also play a very important role in preventing the recurrence of this disease. We should try our best to relieve or reduce the patients' heavy psychological burden and pressure, help them solve the practical difficulties and problems in life and work, improve their coping ability, and actively create a good environment for them to prevent recurrence.