Depressive disorders can be effectively treated with psychotherapy and antidepressants. The earlier you seek care, the better the treatment outcome. Help is available at your own health center or from occupational or school health services.
Recovery from depression happens in an individual pace, but you can promote recovery through a healthy life style, exercise, meeting friends and doing what feels meaningful to you. We all benefit from a positive mindset, but it is especially important if you suffer from depression.
When someone close to us suffers from depression, it often creates mixed and difficult feelings. Then it is important to take care of your own well-being. The well-being of relatives and friends is a resource that can be shared with those who have depression.
Major depression is not uncommon during adolescence, but can be difficult to recognize both for the young person himself and for those around him. Almost every depressed adolescent is helped by treatment, which is primarily offered by school health care.
Depression is a common mental disorder that can and should be treated. There is effective treatment available at your own health center, school health care or occupational health care.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder manifests itself as obsessive thoughts and compulsive actions. Obsessive-compulsive disorder can be successfully treated with medication and behavioral therapy.
We all worry about the future, but if worries dominate the world of thought, it may be a matter of generalized anxiety disorder, which is classified as a mental disorder. Help is available at your own health center.
Specific phobia refers to a strong disproportionate and irrational fear related to a particular object or situation. Specific phobias can limit life considerably when trying to avoid the object of fear. Self-management or psychotherapeutic treatment effectively reduce symptoms.
In social phobia, normal nervousness has turned into a life-limiting fear of being subject to observation. You are embarrassed, ashamed and have fears of being rejected, humiliated, and shunned, and therefore avoid social gatherings and encounters. Effective treatment is available for social phobia.
Panic attacks are common, but if they are repeated and disturb your life, it can be a panic disorder. Panic disorder is treated with psychotherapy and medication, generally at your own primary care health center.