Depression is a common mental illness. The abbreviation of the word is Major Depressive Disorder, or MDD. The main symptoms are low mood, reduced interest, pessimism, slow thinking, lack of initiative, poor diet and sleep, etc. Worry that you are suffering from various diseases, feel discomfort in many parts of the body, and in severe cases, you may have suicidal thoughts and behaviors

Other meanings of MDD

The English abbreviation of depression

Depression is a common mental illness. The abbreviation of the word is Major Depressive Disorder, or MDD. The main symptoms are low mood, reduced interest, pessimism, slow thinking, lack of initiative, poor diet and sleep, etc. Worry that you are suffering from various diseases and feel discomfort in many parts of your body. In severe cases, you may have suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Basic information

Chinese name

Depression

Foreign name

Major Depressive Disorder

Symptoms

Depressed mood, decreased interest

Symptoms

Depressed mood, decreased interest, pessimism, slow thinking, lack of initiative, diet and sleep Bad and so on. [1]

Treatment methods

Interpersonal psychotherapy

This psychological treatment method for depression is mainly used to treat the acute phase of adult depression and aims to alleviate Depressive symptoms and improve some social problems of depressed patients. Common interpersonal problems among patients with depression include four aspects, namely abnormal grief reactions, interpersonal conflicts, difficulty in role transition, and lack of interpersonal communication.

Music therapy

One of the most popular psychological treatments for depression is music therapy. The limbic system of the brain and the reticular structure of the brainstem play a major regulatory role in human internal organs and body functions, and music can have a direct or indirect impact on these neural structures.

Patient self-treatment

In fact, for the treatment of depression, if we find that someone around us has this symptom, we must make a timely diagnosis and get actual treatment. Methods, among which self-treatment of depression is a more effective treatment method.

Supportive psychotherapy

means that in the process of medical care, medical staff reasonably use persuasion, encouragement, sympathy, comfort, support, understanding and assurance to the patient's mental state. , can effectively eliminate the patient's bad emotions and put them in the best psychological state for treatment, thereby ensuring the smooth progress of treatment and early recovery from the disease