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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : May 28, 2014 5:42 PM IST
If your loved one is suffering from depression lately or has developed modest anxiety-related disorder, taking him/her to a psychological therapist may not be the best solution.
Keeping a watch over his/her response to the therapies is essential as researchers have now found that misjudged counselling and therapy could leave vulnerable people more depressed.
'Most people are helped by therapy, but anything that has transformative power to change your life has also got the ability to make things worse if it is misapplied or it is the wrong treatment or it is not done correctly,' Glenys Parry from University of Sheffield in Britain was quoted as saying.
For mild to moderate depression and anxiety, cognitive behaviour therapy is often preferred over pills, but awareness about misjudged therapies is generally very low.
For the study, the researchers analysed data routinely collected by therapists as well as the results of clinical trials.
They included point scores of the levels of depression before and after courses of treatment and self-reported levels of wellbeing.
They interviewed therapists and clients to find out what goes wrong and when and how.
The researchers have used the findings from the research project to set up a website called supporting safe therapy to help people going through any form of psychological counselling and offers guidance on what to expect and advice if things go wrong, The Guardian reported.
The term depression is used to describe a long period of sadness. It can either refer to a person's mood where he or she is feeling sad and dejected or to describe a debilitating mental illness called major depressive disorder. To feel sad during major life crises is normal but major depressive disorder refers to a condition where there is prolonged sadness without any link to life events. It's important to remember that major depressive disorder is an illness and needs to be treated just like other ailments. Depression can affect a person emotionally as well as physically. Common symptoms of depression include unhappiness, loss of interest in activities which were earlier pleasurable, loss of appetite, lack of energy and motivation, difficulty in concentrating, inability to make decisions and sleep problems (mainly insomnia). Chronic, untreated depression can induce suicidal thoughts in people. But it can be treated well with antidepressant drugs if people accept their problem and consider taking treatment. In this section, you'll find articles on common triggers of depression like lack of sleep, hearing loss, migraine and obesity. You can find several options likeexercising, meditation and certain food like yogurt, to prevent stress in your life that can lead to depression.
With inputs from IANS
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