How should senile depression do?

Update Date: 2021-09-20 Source: Network

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Geriatric depressive disorder is a kind of mental disorder that starts in old age and takes persistent depressive mood as the main clinical phase. The main clinical features were depression, anxiety, retardation and various physical discomfort symptoms. Mental disorders can not be attributed to physical diseases or brain organic lesions. Generally, the course of disease is long, with the tendency of remission and recurrence, and some cases have poor prognosis. How should senile depression do? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

How should senile depression do?

Drug therapy for elderly patients is a complex problem. Pharmacokinetic studies showed that gastrointestinal blood flow decreased in the elderly, but did not affect the absorption of liposoluble drugs. Due to the increase of fat content in the elderly, the volume of drug distribution increased. The decrease of liver and kidney function leads to the decrease of excretion capacity, and the decrease of liver function leads to the decrease of synthetic plasma protein and the increase of plasma free drug concentration.

Sleep deprivation once or twice a week, with an interval of 2-3 days. The interval can be extended gradually after progress. The specific method is that the patient does not sleep for about 40 hours after getting up, and the patient is supervised to go to bed the next night. The indication was moderate depression with almost no side effects. The disadvantage is that the curative effect is maintained for a short time. Although the old patients with many contraindications are primitive, they can also try.

matters needing attention

To prevent the occurrence of psychogenic diseases in old age, it is necessary to improve the welfare treatment of retired old people, improve their material living standard, coordinate their family life, enrich their cultural life, and reduce their mental tension. For patients with psychogenic diseases, we should pay full attention to environmental adjustment and mental treatment.