Depressive neurosis

Diseases are very common, and different diseases have different manifestations. Therefore, before treating the disease, you must have a good understanding of your own disease, which will be of great help in the treatment of the disease. What kind of disease is depressive neurosis? This is a disease that has a great impact on the human body and mind. After the onset of such a disease, the patient will have a depressed mood, and the patient will also have a mental illness.

Many people are not very clear about depressive neurosis. This is a disease that is very harmful to human health. However, this disease is also caused by the patient himself, so when treating such a disease, good methods are required.

Depressive neurosis:

Depressive neurosis, also known as dysthymic disorder, refers to a neurosis characterized by a persistent low mood, often accompanied by anxiety, physical discomfort and sleep disorders. Patients require treatment but have no obvious motor inhibition or psychotic symptoms, and their lives are not seriously affected. According to an epidemiological survey of neurosis in 12 regions across the country, the prevalence of this disease is 3.1‰. According to a report from the Department of Psychiatry of West China University of Medical Sciences, patients with depressive neurosis accounted for 21.2% of psychiatric outpatients and 70.6% of neurosis. A survey report on the outpatient department of a county hospital accounted for 27.8% of neurosis, indicating that the prevalence of this disease is relatively high. It is more common in women.

Symptoms and signs

1. Meet the diagnostic criteria for neurosis.

2. Persistent mild to moderate depression as the main clinical manifestation accompanied by at least three of the following symptoms:

(1) Interest has decreased, but not lost;

(2) Pessimistic and disappointed about the future, but not hopeless;

(3) Feeling tired or lack of energy;

(4) Self-esteem declines and one is willing to receive encouragement and praise;

(5) They are unwilling to actively interact with others, but are good at passive contact and are willing to accept sympathy and support.

(6) Having thoughts of death but having many concerns;

(7) They feel that their condition is serious and difficult to treat, but they actively seek treatment in the hope that it can be cured.

3. None of the following symptoms:

(1) Obvious psychomotor inhibition;

(2) Early awakening and symptoms that are worse during the day and less severe at night;

(3) severe guilt or self-blame;

(4) persistent loss of appetite and significant weight loss (not caused by physical illness);

(5) more than one suicide attempt;

(6) Unable to take care of oneself;

(7) Hallucinations or delusions;

(8) Severe lack of self-awareness.

4. The course of the disease is at least 2 years, and the mood is depressed for most of the entire course. If there are normal breaks, each time does not exceed two months.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of depressive neurosis. The treatment of such diseases takes a long time, and during the treatment process, family members should not add pressure to the patients, as this will make the disease more serious. At the same time, psychological counseling for patients is also very critical.