The Causes and Treatment of Depression
...rgy, disturbed sleep or appetite, sometimes have suicide thoughts. In another words, depression is a complex disease combined with mental and physical disorder not just a temporary case of “the blues “ triggered by an unhappy event or stressful situation. But why may people suffer from depression? What are the main causes of depression? Unfortunately, we cannot know the accurate cause of depression so far! In contemporary medical field, there are two main kinds of theories about the causes of depression. One theory considers the main causes may come from the psychological makeup and long-term stress or sad situation occurs during people’s normal lives. In another words, depression results from people’s basic personality and long-term stressful life events (2). Another theory believes that the main causes could be some physical reasons, such as heredity (genetic factors), biochemical (neurotransmitter abnormalities or hormonal imbalance) or effect of some medications (some blood pressure medications) (3). Overall we can categorize the causes of depression into three brackets: biological factors, psychological factors and social factors (1). There are many different types of depression, among them, major depression, bipolar disorder, dysthymia and seasonal affective disorder(SAD) are the most common forms of depression (3). Finally, let us move on the treatment of depression. Due to the causes of depression are not very clear and there are various types of depression. How can we treat depression effectively? In general, people must have a early right diagnosis. The earlier diagnosis we have the easier recovery we get. Depending on the type and severity of depression, we can use different treatments. Medication s...