13 interesting fact about depression - the invisible disease

Depression is a condition that can cause very serious harm not only to emotional health

Every 5th Bulgarian has suffered from depression or schizophrenia. Diseases usually occur at a young age. Here are some important facts about this disease.

1. Scientists at New York University found that depression kills nerve cells in the brain. The most sensitive to the disease is the anterior part of the cortex, where, apart from a number of important cognitive functions, our "sense of optimism" is "controlled". Thus, depression is self-powered. If a way to reverse the process is found, depression can be treated easily and permanently.

2. The World Health Organization has estimated that by 2030 depression will become the second most serious cause of permanent disability and disability in people. First of all, it is HIV / AIDS.

3. Depressed people suffer from colds and other mild illnesses more often than others.

4. According to scientists, we suffer from depression not so much because of our personal problems, but because of the acute and chronic shortage of positive emotions. Like important nutrients for the body, their chronic lack affects mental health.

5. In 2012, depression caused economic damage of $ 44 billion only in the United States.

6. When a person becomes old, he also has an increased risk of depression. This is explained by the low level of some hormones.

7. In men, depression is expressed differently than women, and they use other means to deal with it. For example, while the woman feels hopeless and relaxed, the man becomes irritable. Women can share with friends and relatives about their condition, and men lock themselves up or become aggressive and furious.

8. Antidepressants are important, but even more important for healing is the patient's desire to change the lifestyle that has led him to depression, the doctors say.

9. Psychiatrists confirm that nearly 75% of their patients have suffered some form of depression during their lifetime, which forced them to seek professional help.

10. Almost three quarters of the US population is taking some kind of antidepressants.

11. About 5% of people in the world have never suffered and will never suffer from any form of depression. Famous with the nickname "Solar People". The reason for their "condition" lies probably in the brain that produces more than "hormones of happiness" - endorphins.

12. Researchers have recently discovered that those who suffer from depression have reduced bone density. Women in this condition are at risk of developing osteoporosis.

13. In the Middle Ages it was thought that mentally ill people were under the influence of the devil or evil spirits.

Source: PsychCentral.com

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