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Depression - pathology & drug used.

 How to treat depression Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders. Currently about 5-6% of the population is depressed , and an estimate 10% of people may become depressed during their lives (lifetime prevalence). The symptoms of depression are often subtle and unrecognized both by patients and physicians. Patients with vague complaints that resist explanation as manifestations of somatic disorders and those who might be simplistically described as "neurotic" should be suspected of being Depressed. Depression is a heterogeneous disorder that has been characterized and classified in various ways. According to the American Psychiatric Associations fourth edition (1994) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders, several diagnosis of affected disorder are possible. Major depression and dysthymia (minor) are pure depressive syndrome, whereas bipolar disorder and cyclothymic disorder signify depression in association with mania. A...

Psychosis : people without labels.

Psychosis what does you thought it is, actually the correct definition of psychosis is currently not given by any scientist or doctor because we currently don't know much about it however Dr. T.suang gives the most appropriate definition of psychosis, according to him"it is psychiatric illness with serious distortion of thoughts, behaviour and capacity to recognise reality and perception". It is the fever of mental illness serious but not specific indicator. It should be distinguished from term Insanity  (where person is not responsible for his Criminal action). Actually psychosis is a type of a mental illness. The mental illness are divided into two categories 1) Neurosis : In neurosis insights present i.e patient is aware of his illness  and he maybe ready to take medication.   Neurosis are following types  1. Anxiety (most common neurosis)   unpleasant emotional state associated   with uneasiness, worry, tension and  ...