Spring: be on the lookout for mental illness !

Spring is a season of blossoming flowers and vitality, but for some people spring does not bring good feelings, on the contrary, there are emotional disorders. Every year from March to May, is the incidence of mental illness is very high period, especially in the fragrance of rapeseed flowers in April to reach a peak, in China’s folk saying “cauliflower yellow, crazy busy”. The reasons for the occurrence of mental disorders in spring are: spring sunshine and temperature changes, low air pressure, caused by the human body temperature regulation center and physiological and biochemical state changes, which in turn induced the occurrence of mental disorders. In this season, the light time began to extend, light intensity increased, the brain pineal gland melatonin secretion is inhibited, the gonadal function is relatively active, will also be triggered. Students prepare for the middle and high school entrance exams in the spring, and their studies, lives and mental stress are excessive. Some old patients did not follow the doctor’s instructions to maintain treatment, unauthorized reduction, stop or change medication, resulting in repeated illness. After the Spring Festival, sudden changes in living habits and so on. Depression, mania and schizophrenia are prevalent in spring among many diseases. Depression is a type of mood disorder that has three core symptoms: low mood, loss of pleasure, and lack of interest. There are also several secondary symptoms, such as: pessimism about the future; self-blame for minor things; thoughts or behaviors of suicide attempts; difficulty concentrating and poor memory; lack of interest in activities and unwillingness to meet people; loss of appetite and wasting; and sleep dysfunction. Contrary to depression, mania is characterized by a sudden increase in mood and joy for no apparent reason, with heightened emotions, accelerated thinking, and increased speech and activity. The person often talks a lot, feels energetic, sleeps less, thinks he is capable of great things, and is emotionally unstable and prone to losing his temper. It may also be a pathology when it lasts for some time. It generally speaking, such patients do not realize that they are in a pathological state, and even more reluctant to see a doctor. So it can only rely on the family to find out in time and seek medical consultation and treatment as early as possible. If the family members find that the patient’s thinking content is scattered, his speech is disorganized, and he is particularly sensitive to the words and actions of the people around him. If they hear someone talking, they suspect that they are talking about themselves, and their movements and behaviors are abnormal, they must go to the hospital in time.