Depression and organic disorder

Depression is a state of intense despair, melancholia, or sadness that has advanced to such point where it is disruptive to an individual’s social functioning and to his activities of daily life. It makes you so unhappy and anxious that you cannot live a normal life. When it is compared with bipolar disorder, depression is called major depressive disorder or unipolar. We may often call depression a low mood or even a state of dejection that actually does not affect functioning. However, clinical depression is a clinical diagnosis and it is quite different from what we colloquially name “depression” in everyday life. We often describe the feeling of being depressed as feeling sad without an obvious reason, or as being unmotivated whatsoever to do anything. When we suffer from depression, we often feel sad, irritable, tired, lazy, apathetic, and unmotivated. Clinical depression is usually more serious than that. Of course, it involves strong depressed feelings, but it is more likely to lead to constant negative thinking and even substance abuse.

Depression and organic disorder can be defined as any disorder that is caused by a known pathological condition of an organic structure. More often, organic disorders are being referred to as organic mental disorders, or psychological disorders. Most psychologists and psychiatrists agree that virtually al psychotic mental disorders will be proven to have an organic cause. However, until then, they prefer not to use the term “organic mental disorder” because it may imply disorders that do not have an organic cause. A large variety of psychiatric conditions can result from the use of alcohol and/or drugs. The most common mental disorders that result from the alcohol abuse are withdrawal, intoxication, hallucinations, and amnesia. These syndromes may also occur because of using other drugs, most common of which being barbiturates and opioids.

The description of all different psychological problems and depression and organic disorder would fill a small library; however, the most common psychological problems are depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, personality disorders, impulse control disorders, childhood disorders, and family problems. Depression is one of the most common psychological problems. It affects nearly everyone through either personal experience or depression in a family member. It can interfere with normal functioning and causes problems with work, social and family relationships, causing pain to both people who have the disorder and those who care about them. Serious life can destroy the life of the depressed family, as well as their family life.

Anyone can be affected by depression. The good news is that once identified, it can be successfully treated. Nevertheless, unfortunately, depression is not always properly diagnosed because many of its symptoms mimic physical illness, such as sleep and appetite disturbances. Because the symptoms are not recognized as depression, almost two thirds of affected people do not get proper treatment. Depressed people are often seen as lazy and weak. Social stigma may cause them to avoid needed treatment. As well as that, the symptoms may be so disabling that the people affected cannot reach out for help. This is very unfortunate, because proper treatment could help around 80 % of people who suffer of depression to make serious improvement.