Depression is associated with the “person-environment” system, that is, with a social factor. The factors that trigger depression are: · Increase in average life expectancy; · Urbanization:
In patients with depression, due to hereditary factors and the influence of the environment, personality traits with defective mechanisms of psychological defense are formed. Sigmund
There is a correlation between depressive spectrum disorders, the number of depressive symptoms, the average number of relapses, and hereditary history. Relatives of depressed patients have
A dexamethasone test is used to diagnose depression . It is based on the fact that depression increases the level of corticosteroids and cortisol. After the introduction of 1 mg. dexamethasone, the