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So people suffering from depression, in this situation, keep working, public and social status, successfully developed professionally. That is, depression is not only biological and psychological illness, but also partly social. MH. Some sociologists believe that the main source and cause of the increasing prevalence of depression is a television? Do you agree with this? E.Sh. Depression is described for many decades and even centuries before the advent of television. Abuse of television may be only a trigger for worsening of depression. MH. How to treat depression today. How effective are the methods of psychotherapy? E.Sh. Single therapy (a therapeutic effect on the consciousness and subconsciousness through the senses) to manage difficult. I am a supporter of the modern scientific approach, that is a combination of psychotherapeutic methods, hypnotism, psychoanalysis, art therapy (treatment of art), aromatherapy and pharmacological techniques (using drugs that affect the neurochemistry of the brain). As auxiliary methods are widely used manual therapy, physiotherapy, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, etc. MH. How effective is the method of suggestion to treat depression? E.Sh. This is one of the "Crown" methods of psychotherapy. Most often use hypnosis. It is a medical scientific method, which, in conjunction with pharmaceuticals or other treatments with good results. MH. Is the nature of depression, age? E.Sh. Depression can begin at any age. The highest percentage of ill accounted for 40-50 years for men and women, it is almost the same. This is probably due to biological and fenogeneticheskimi stages of human development. Depression often occurs in children and adolescents, which is not always recognized by pediatricians. MH. What is the likelihood of relapse? E.Sh. Is sufficiently large. Most often it is spring and autumn. Risk of recurrence increases with the number of exacerbations experienced, MH. Are exercise prevention of depression? E.Sh. Yes, in large part. Many doctors recommend that patients prone to depression, engage in sports. Physical training leads to an increase in the body content of endorphins and other hormones of joy. Patients with depression, low levels of these hormones, thus increasing their content helps to reduce feelings of "depression". MH. Many practitioners and psychologists are now offering psychological help, your attitude to this? E.Sh. Demand and supply such assistance is really growing. But yet the number does not always turns into quality. For psychotherapy are taken now, "all and sundry." And it is very dangerous. Often engage in psychotherapy, psychologists who do not have enough to do basic medical education. Therapist must deal not only in psychiatry but also in general medicine. If a person complains of a headache, a psychologist immediately starts looking for stress, trauma, complex and calculates the other options: vascular disorders, brain tumor, hydrocephalus, etc.