Depression
Depression is one of the negative emotional states, which expresses in terms of sadness and despair. It is an emotional disorder, though it physically affects the body such as fatigue, body pains, and disorders in various parts of the body. Symptoms of depression are various from mild depression to severe depression, which can cause life or property threatening crisis. Depression is a widely- found emotional disorder which is often neglected.
It is not a disease caused by mental weakness, but it is caused by abnormal neurotransmitters in the brain instead. Causes of abnormal neurotransmitters can be varied from genetic traits, surrounding environment, abnormal hormone levels, neurotransmitters, chronic diseases, to narcotic substances. So, not only medicine therapy is recommended, but minimising risk factors are also recommended.
Diagnosis of Depression usually starts from patient’s history taking using guidelines from American Psychological Association. Symptoms of Depression are sadness, feeling hopeless, feeling worthless, lack of interests in activities you used to enjoy, feeling suicidal, feeling like hurting yourself, abnormal sleeping habits, lack of concentration, feeing exhausted, and feeling like no energy.
Holistic Medical Centre starts our treatment with patient’s history taking to assess risk factors that can be cure and using lab assessment to find causes of the risks including nutrient levels, hormone levels, body inflammation, stress levels from oxidation, other diseases. Our doctors will choose suitable treatment methods, which are personalised for the patients, including essential nutrition, hormones replacement, Bach’s Flower, Homeopathy, and Emowave.
These alternative treatments can be performed in parallel with the main treatment in the hospitals, which help enhance effectiveness and reduce chances of recurrences.