Why Experience Blues always when you have Rainbow

Bipolar disorder is a chronic and recurrent illness, which represents a major public health problem, and can lead to incomplete functional recovery, social/family disruptions, and cognitive impairment, in addition to increased mortality.

The WHO’s Global Burden of Disease Study ranks bipolar disorder as the sixth cause of years lost to disability.

Every person experiences blues at a point of time, but it depends on us how we overcome those tough times. Without experiencing blues our life tends to be incomplete because it is at this point of time you learn to build yourself strong by overcoming them. Depression is nothing but a mental illness that affects our thoughts, feelings and our behavior. Depression causes sadness, but there is a huge difference between depression and sadness or grief. Fortunately, depression is treatable, but one should have the determination to overcome it.

Developmental model:

                       Duffy et al 2010 showed that individuals at familial risk for Bipolar Disorder develop the illness in a forward sequence of clinical stages - evolving from non-mood disorders followed by minor mood disorders, then major mood disorders, and finally Bipolar Disorder.

Here are the steps to treat depression:

•  Diagnostic Evaluation: In this, a physical test and an interview are done with the patient to know the reason for depression because it might be caused due to some health issues such as thyroid or family history or even environmental problems.
• Psychotherapy: Therapy which includes talk as the key to cure the depression is psychotherapy. These days Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is in demand for the treatment of depression.
•  Medication: Medicines such as anti-depressants are prescribed to us for the cure of depression. These anti-depressants are not habit forming and can be used for the betterment and cure of depression.
•  Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT): This treatment is in focus for patients with severe depression and Bipolar Disorder. It includes electrical stimulation of the brain.

Out of all these, the best way to overcome depression is self-help and coping. One should be determined enough to cope up with it and to overcome depression. It includes regular exercises, eating healthy, taking a good nap, etc. One should never hesitate to seek mental help; this will be the first step in the curing of depression.

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