Thursday, October 10, 2013

Chilean depression

This study was done by the Universidad de Concepción, it presents something pathologies common in the Chilean society. The article point out that one each three persons have or have had some king of mental illness, being the most frequent depression, anxiety and alcohol problems and substance abuse or dependence, however the emotional disorders also take up a important place in this ranking. The research difference this psychiatric pathology for type, the women are associated to depression and the men to the substance’s addiction.

The depression imply a illness where the persons can´t produce well in none life´s area so the treatment consist in a psychological therapy and medicaments for to grow levels of emotional state, the called “antidepressant”. The investigation also shows that only a third of the population with this disorder had gone to consult to professional.

Some specialist, like Ricardo Araya comment that is situation is a new challenge for our country, and the inclusion of this illness in the Plan AUGE is a great advance, because it recognizes the importance of mental health in the people. For other side, is very important according to research, identify in a early age signals for to prevent and to treat, the author says: “early intervention will be key to future success in reducing the disease burden of psychiatric problems in Chile”, in other words, we have to put attention in a critical stage, the adolescence specifically.


Finally, the article concludes saying that Chilean people present differences with other countries, but the diagnostics depend mainly of life’s style, psychological and personality factors, for example, the levels of this illness between Santiago’s people are different to Araucaria’s persons.

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