Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2014 11:17:33 GMT
What are the symptoms of depression? How to know what kind of depression one may have? Is it possible to cure?
It is not true to say that “depression” is what you choose to say about yourself: campaigners are right to fight the stigma of mental illness. That which cannot be seen can still be very real. It is true, however, that whether or not you are labelled as “depressed” will be determined, in large part, by matching the words that you use to describe yourself against the categories listed in the DSM. Are you normal? Inquire within.
For severely ill patients, whose behaviour is so affected by their illness that it can be detected by the untrained eye, this isn’t an issue. Nearly 15 years ago, we were shown a video of patient-psychiatrist interactions to familiarise us with the diseases we were investigating.
The full article is available at:
www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10389066/Depression-isnt-all-in-the-mind-but-can-it-really-be-pinned-down.html
It is not true to say that “depression” is what you choose to say about yourself: campaigners are right to fight the stigma of mental illness. That which cannot be seen can still be very real. It is true, however, that whether or not you are labelled as “depressed” will be determined, in large part, by matching the words that you use to describe yourself against the categories listed in the DSM. Are you normal? Inquire within.
For severely ill patients, whose behaviour is so affected by their illness that it can be detected by the untrained eye, this isn’t an issue. Nearly 15 years ago, we were shown a video of patient-psychiatrist interactions to familiarise us with the diseases we were investigating.
The full article is available at:
www.telegraph.co.uk/health/10389066/Depression-isnt-all-in-the-mind-but-can-it-really-be-pinned-down.html