More than 90% of depression is untreated! 80% of patients can return to society after standardized treatment

People's Daily Health Client, Health Times co-sponsored, JD.com Health Co-sponsored, Lingbei China-supported "Mental Health People's Well-Being - 2020 World Mental Health Day Green Ribbon Theme Science Event invited experts in the field of mental illness to visit the People's Daily Health Client, bringing the most authoritative knowledge of mental illness science to netizens."
experts interviewed: Chen Zhiyu, deputy secretary and vice-president of the Party Committee of the Seventh People's Hospital of Hangzhou, is good at: schizophrenia, drug dependence, emotional psychosis, anorexia and sleep disorders, such as "the treatment rate of depression is too low!" Professor Chen Zhiyu, deputy secretary and vice-president of the Party Committee of the Seventh People's Hospital of Hangzhou, said.
the latest epidemiological data, Chinese mainland's rate of visits to depression was 8.7 percent and the rate of drug treatment for patients was 51.5 percent, according to the WHO report.
"this equates to more than 90% of patients not being effectively diagnosed and treated."
only about half of those who received the drug were treated, and even fewer were treated with standardized treatment.
less than 20 per cent of people with severe illness, and more than 54 million people in China suffer from depression, or 4.2 per cent of the population, according to the World Health Organization.
" in general, over the past few years, the rising trend of depression in China has eased, but only alleviated, the overall trend is still rising.
urgent need to improve the awareness of depression, early intervention, early diagnosis, early treatment, early recovery."
Chen Zhiyu stressed.
There are nine main criteria for judging depression: loss of interest, lack of pleasure, loss of energy or fatigue, mental retardation or intenseness, low self-evaluation, self-blame, or guilt, impaired association or conscious thinking, recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal, self-injury behavior, sleep disorders, such as insomnia, early awakening, or excessive sleep, decreased appetite or weight loss.
"If there were four or more of the nine at the same time, we would judge patients as severely depressed," professor Chen said.
after standardized treatment, severe depression patients still have the opportunity to return to society, back to the original work and life.
" prevention of depression, autumn and winter to more sun exposure to depression caused by three factors, genetics, environment and personality.
genetics and personality are more difficult to change, prevention of depression can start from environmental factors.
" autumn/winter festival is a season of relatively high levels of depression, especially in the Nordic countries, where the winter sun is short.
we found a link between the length of daylight and the onset of depression, which affects the release of neurotransmitter in our brains.
, "Professor Chen Zhiyu suggested that "the autumn and winter festival should appropriately increase the time of outdoor activities, more to accept the sun."
, especially young people, we encourage them to do outdoor activities every day, which is also part of physical therapy in addition to psychotherapy and medication, and is also conducive to the rehabilitation of patients."
If you realize that you have depression, first try their own adjustment, you can participate in some of their own interested activities, such as concerts, outings, shopping, etc. , if not alleviated, to actively seek outside help, such as talking to friends, ask colleagues to provide some help at work, if still not, we must find professional help in a timely manner, and now many medical institutions in society have the ability to diagnose and treat depression.
Simple to say, if you can't adjust your condition and the ordinary people around you can't help you, then you have to ask for professional help, " says Professor Chen.
24-hour psychological hotline, always guard the mind on September 11, the National Health and Wellness Commission issued the "exploring the prevention and treatment of depression special services work programme", which mentioned that to strengthen the psychological hotline service.
" psychological hotline is also very effective help, we have been providing psychological hotline service since 2004, gradually from the evening hotline to the 24-hour psychological hotline, during the outbreak also increased to three.
, " said Professor Chen Zhiyu, "the hotline can assess the psychological situation of the parties concerned and answer their confusion in a timely manner."
there are also some serious suicidal patients who have called the hotline and saved their lives with the help of professionally trained operators.
" in addition, Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital also cooperates with the local public security department, if the parties found to have attempted suicide, and the police station joint action to implement relief.
, it is understood that since 2004, the psychological hotline of the Seventh People's Hospital in Hangzhou has received more than 180,000 calls, including more than 1200 high-risk calls.
, Hangzhou is a pilot city of the national psychosocial service system, and the construction of the social and psychological service system began in 2018.
professor Chen Zhiyu said that all communities and community health service centers have psychological service staff, doctors have also received the hospital's mental health-related business training, with a certain mental health service capacity, when necessary, they can seek help.
I would like to emphasize that if I do have depression, I must get treatment in time.
depression is treatable and a disease that requires treatment.
80 per cent of patients can return to society if they receive standard treatment, " says Professor Chen.
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