We often hear the phrase “Am I depressed?” . When encountering troubles, many friends around will fall into a low mood, depression has sometimes quietly appeared in our side, and some have suffered from depression, when our friends suffer from depression, we can do these points, accompany her through this difficult time!
1. Give TA enough company
First of all, we have to make it clear that depression is a disease that can’t be saved from the mire of depression by our inability to simply listen and communicate with our friend, but we can also provide some help, such as companionship.
When we get along, we can be TA’s listener; allow time for silence when we get along; try to accompany TA to go out and do activities; respect his ideas, etc. Let TA know that there are people who can be new people and will not judge TA freely, and then we can help TA very well.
2. Take TA to the right treatment
Under the modern medical model, depression is mostly treated by medication and psychotherapy and other operations, such as antidepressants, which can not only improve patients’ somatic symptoms, anxiety and tension, but also control the total efficiency of disease treatment at 60-70%.
â‘ Pharmacological treatment
Tricyclic, tetracyclic antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, selective 5-hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitors, 5-HT, NE reuptake inhibitors four categories, but these drugs are usually accompanied by side effects, including fattening, complications, etc., so they must be taken under the guidance of a doctor, do not add their own drugs by mistake.
â‘¡Psychotherapy
Most of the patients are not self-aware in the state of extreme depression and a strong sense of internal pain and depression, i.e. the patients do not have any awareness of their condition and have no desire to actively seek medical help.
Friends can choose the right time to propose the idea of seeking medical treatment, based on traditional drug treatment, take psychotherapy, you can take the patient to see a psychiatrist, under the guidance of the psychiatrist, to help patients correctly understand and understand the disease at the same time, to improve the patient’s treatment cooperation.
The doctor will reserve sufficient time for the patient to express his or her problems accurately and comprehensively, and listen patiently throughout the whole process so that the patient feels respected and understood; guide the patient to feel his or her emotions and reduce psychological depression and distress; actively do a good job of disease health education so that he or she can understand his or her mental problems at an objective level and at the same time be optimistic and proactive in facing the disease; enhance treatment confidence and use diversified methods to We will also enhance patients’ confidence in treatment, and use a variety of methods to regulate their emotions.
In terms of recovery of social functions, we generally encourage patients to start doing simple things first, so that they can gradually recover their lost self-confidence and re-establish their self-confidence system, which will pave the way for their future return to society. Remember not to give patients any pressure when they are very helpless and hopeless, have low self-esteem and are extremely depressed, otherwise we may be the last straw that crushes the camel.
That is to say, in the process of social function recovery, we can constantly encourage patients to try to take each first step, so that they can experience the joy and sense of accomplishment of each step, and eventually return to society and find a happy and free life.
References.
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[2]Luo Aihua. Those things about depression [N]. Oriental Medicinal Food. 2020,8:254