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Mania: Triggers, Symptoms, and Treatment

Brief overview Course and prognosis: Exaggerated elation during the manic phase is often followed by feelings of guilt. After a manic episode, the likelihood of relapse is high Symptoms: Exaggerated self-esteem, excessive activity, inner restlessness, overestimation of self, volatility, etc., sometimes delusions Causes and risk factors: Disturbed neurotransmitter metabolism in the brain, genetic factors, external … Mania: Triggers, Symptoms, and Treatment

Associative Loosening: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Associative loosening characterizes the REM dream phase in healthy individuals. Systematic thought patterns are suspended during associative loosening, and brain areas interact nonsystematically affectively. As a disease symptom, associative loosening characterizes delusional disorders such as schizophrenia. What is associative loosening? Psychology and psychoanalysis assume that people link the simplest elements in the form of sensory … Associative Loosening: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Therapy of agoraphobia

This is the continuation of the topic ́s Agoraphobia, general information on the topic is available at Agoraphobia Introduction People suffering from an anxiety disorder should deal with their illness, i.e. the causes, symptoms and consequences. As with all other anxiety disorders, the first step of a successful therapy is to admit the fear to … Therapy of agoraphobia

Confrontation therapy | Therapy of agoraphobia

Confrontation therapy Within behavioral therapy, confrontation with anxiety-inducing situations has proven to be a successful method for losing the fear of situations or objects. The affected person consciously seeks out the situations (often accompanied by the therapist) that he or she has avoided in the past or only sought out with great fear. The aim … Confrontation therapy | Therapy of agoraphobia

Religious Delusion: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Religious delusion is a content-related delusional symptom that is often associated with schizophrenia. Often, the delusion is accompanied by a salvation order. Treatment of patients is usually difficult due to ego syntonia. What is religious delusion? Delusion is a symptom of psychiatric illness. In psychopathological findings, delusion is a thought disorder of content in the … Religious Delusion: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Persistent somatoform pain disorder (ASS)

Synonyms Pain disorder, psychalgia English term: pain disorder, somatoform pain disorderA persistent somatoform pain disorder (ASD) is a disorder characterized by persistent severe pain without somatic (physical) cause, so that psychological causes are regarded as triggers (emotional conflicts, psychosocial problems). A variety of causes can cause a persistent somatoform pain disorder. Accordingly, it is less … Persistent somatoform pain disorder (ASS)

Depression

Synonyms in a broader sense English: depression Mania Cyclothymia Depressive symptoms Antidepressants Antidepressant Depressions Delusion Bipolar disorder Melancholy Definition Depression is, similar to mania, a so-called mood disorder. Mood in this context means the so-called basic mood. It is not a disorder of emotional outbursts or other surges of feelings. In psychiatry there is a … Depression

These can be typical signs of depression! | Depression

These can be typical signs of depression! Detecting depression is not always easy. To recognise early signs, you should ask yourself the following questions (or present these questions to the person you suspect may be suffering from depression) All these questions are aimed at the above-mentioned symptoms of depression. If several of them can be … These can be typical signs of depression! | Depression

Causes | Depression

Causes Depression can have many causes. Serotonin is also called “mood hormone” because a sufficiently high concentration in the brain suppresses fear, sorrow, aggression and other negative feelings and leads to calm and serenity. Serotonin is also important for a regulated sleep-wake rhythm. In some depression patients a lack of serotonin or a disturbance of … Causes | Depression

Duration | Depression

Duration Depression can last for different lengths of time depending on its severity and it is difficult to give an exact time. Depressive episodes do not simply start overnight, but develop over weeks and months. Likewise, they often do not just subside suddenly, but get better all the time. One speaks of a severe depression … Duration | Depression

Relatives | Depression

Relatives A supportive family structure can be helpful in the case of depression or possibly counteract the occurrence of depression. Since depression often occurs in connection with life events or problematic living conditions, the relationship with people in the immediate family or close friends is important. In the event of a loss, for example, family … Relatives | Depression

Lithium and alcohol – is it compatible?

Lithium is a drug from the field of psychotropic drugs used in the context of mental illness. It is used in the treatment of mania, as part of the prevention of so-called bipolar affective disorders, in the treatment of certain forms of depression or for a certain type of headache, namely the so-called cluster headaches. … Lithium and alcohol – is it compatible?