Depression
The word „depression“ has become part of our everyday conversation. People use it to express their bad mood, sadness, disappointment – feelings that are part of life and that everybody experiences from time to time. Depression, as different from the common mood oscillations, denotes a condition that may become a life-threatening one (if the person affected is considering suicide) and requires expert help.
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Symptoms Causes TreatmentWhat else can you do?
* Read more information on depression
If you want to read more on depression, visit the following websites:
http://www.wingofmadness.com/information/screen.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001201-d001300/d001247/d001247.html
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/human/pubs/fcs-503.pdf
* Seek expert help
If you or anybody in your vicinity suffers from troubles that were described above and you don´t know what to do, seek the nearest Students´ Consultancy, a general practitioner or a psychiatrist. The following websites will provide contact to specialists to whom you can turn for help.
References:
Akiskal H.S.: Mood disorder: Introduction and Overview. In: Kaplan H.I., Sadock B.J.: Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Seventh Edition on CD-ROM. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000, 14.4.
Praško J. a kol.: Trpíte úzkostí a depresí? Nakladatelství Galén Praha, 2004.
Roubal J.: An Overview of Psychotherapeutic Possibilities in Depression. Acta psychiatrica postgradualia bohemica, 2006, No. 4.
Roubal J.: Gestalt přístup v terapii deprese. Konfrontace – časopis pro psychoterapii, 2004, č. 1, 55, s. 31-36.
This section was created within the framework of the Development project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Physical Activity of the Czech Republic „Enlarging and increasing the effectiveness of counselling for Charles University students“ in 2006.