Taiwanese doctors found that depression can cause damage in the brain, and then advised the need to address depression drug for the treatment of brain damage and depression.
And Doctors Hospital, "Tzu Chi" Buddhist year study to discover whether the depression, which is spreading in many countries, is a psychological problem or is it organic disease.
Doctors and "Tzu Chi" their study of 20 Thesis in different countries around the structure of the brain in patients with depression, where this structure was analyzed by magnetic resonance imaging.
The doctors concluded that people with depression do not feel sad, but also suffering from the disease in the brain. The analysis showed that magnetic resonance imaging gray matter anterior cingulate cortex, responsible for emotional responses and social cognition, infected damaged, according to the study conducted under the leadership of Dr. Lai Qin - Han. The hospital called "Tzu Chi" 15 people suffering from depression to deal with anti-depressant medication for six weeks, though they did not take any of these drugs ever.
As a result of taking the drugs, the more gray matter in the anterior cingulate cortex in the brain they have.
Dr. Lai says, "This shows that antidepressants can reduce the damage to the substantia nigra anterior cingulate cortex, or address this damage, which gives hope for the alleviation of depression or treatment." He added: "We call for depressed patients to pursue treatment. If we unleashed the power of their depression intensifies, it will affect brain function, and causes contraction of brain structure with the long term." Nevertheless, says Tang Tsung - Tsana, a psychiatrist from the hospital, "Cardinal Tien," It should not be considered to depression as a disease is purely organic.
He explained, "depression due to many factors, including genetic factors, personality traits, and the events that cause psychological wounds. Part of the drug treatment, psychological counseling while the other part, and should not be neglected."
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