When To Seek Inpatient Help For Depression

Depression sucks, and getting hospitalized for it may sound like the worst idea ever, but it might be something that you absolutely need. Find out, in this article, the reasons when your therapist is going to ask you to get admitted, or when you can voluntarily get yourself admitted for depression.

Hospitalization May be Just What You Need To Get Better.

“When to seek inpatient help for depression? When to get hospitalized for depression? When to go to the hospital for depression? Can I check myself into hospital for depression?”

These are some of the very frequently asked questions when it comes to depression and hospitalization.

People don’t understand depression well. They don’t know how to spot depression in themselves or others, and even if they do spot it, they don’t know what to do next. It’s a fact, not just a statement.

So, we can safely assume people don’t know about this disease for the most part, and they certainly don’t know what the various treatments available to them are.

Yes, there are treatments other than anti-depressants.

And yes, you can check yourself in a hospital for depression.

Most cases of depression can be successfully managed with the help of anti-depressants and psychotherapy on an outpatient basis, but sometimes it becomes a necessity for you to stay in the hospital for a short period.

Now the question is, when?

But before we answer to “when”, you need to understand “why” sometimes hospitalization could be advised to you.

Depression Help: How To Identify Depression And What To Do When You Spot It

How to identify depression and what to do when you spot it.

Hundreds of researches have been done studying about the prevalence of mental illnesses, and how much people in general know about mental illnesses.

The results are not good, by the way.

Researches suggest that today 1 in 4 people suffer from some kind of mental illness. That makes a total percentage of 25% people living with a mental illness.

Studies have also found that people don't know what to do even when they spot depression.

That's just plain sad. Especially because depression, mixed with anxiety is the most common mental illness in the world. You probably know someone who is right now suffering from depression.

The diseases is so stigmatized that people don't really openly talk about it.

It is important that we discuss about it, and acknowledge that mental health is important as well.

It is going to be just a brief post about the symptoms of depression. This is just to enlighten you so that you can spot depression in others, or yourself, and realize when to get help.

Depression is a mental disorder which is characterized by low mood, low energy and lack of interests in activities that were once enjoyed by the person.

It affects how you feel, think and behave. The feeling of well-being is lost.

It is a common but a serious mental disorder, and is contributing to greater portion of suicide rates.

Although a low mood is normal in certain events of life, like loss of loved ones etc, it becomes a problem when it persists and causes disability.

Mental Health Disorders: The Truth About Mental Health and Illnesses

The month of may is celebrated as the Mental Health Month in the United States since the year 1949. It was started by the National Association For Mental Health, now known as Mental Health America.

In the month of may people reach out to each other and talk about mental health, and conduct various activities related to mental health and awareness. Every year the theme of discussion is different. For example, the theme of 2016 was "Life With A Mental Illness" and that of 2017 was "Risky business". 

This year's theme is "Fitness #4Mind4Body". 

They are making an effort this year by sharing information about food, exercises, stress etc, and also there is a Fitness #4Mind4Body challenge, which is pretty cool. More details are available on their website.

Interestingly, Mental Health America was actually established by a psychiatric patient, Clifford W. Beers, whose experience with ill-treatment, personally and on others, made him start a reform movement.

After all, someone can only be empathetic if they've been in the same shoes as the other.

While it's great that we have a month dedicated to mental health awareness, and to reach out and help people with mental illness, the work actually required in support of mental health and awareness is not a month job. It requires long term efforts and commitment.

So, in honour of Mental Health Awareness Month and the efforts of Mental Health America, I'm going to make efforts from my side in enlightening whoever read this, about mental health, why it is important to take care of your mental health, and how you can help someone with mental illness.

Depression: The Infographic

A small, fun project, with an aim of #SpreadingAwareness. I hope you find it informative. Help spread the information.