回复eaglewings的评论:
I shouldn't do real patient consult here. But I can talk about postpartum blue. I believe it is both due to hormonal change and psychological impact of having a baby. It is just people in America tend to think of it more in a biology-medical way, we Chinese tends to regard it as reaction to stress of life. It is ture that we Chinese have extended family and more support when a new baby comes to the world, while American emphysize core family.
I also believe that we Chinese are mentally tougher in general, and especially for those who were able to come all the way to the US.
eaglewings 发表评论于
Are you psychiatrist? 能不能问您一个问题?
我曾经得过忧郁症(postpartum), 也有住院过. 医生说是 chemical imbalance 造成的. 我爸爸说你在中国决不会出现这种情况, 因为中国人比较有人情味, 会劝说和帮你排忧解难的.爸爸说忧郁症是心理疾病.美国医生却不以为然.
忧郁症到底是由 physical(chemical imbalance) 还是 psychological造成的? or both?
有一英国朋友说,她和她老公住过的所有国家里,美国最令人孤独,很难得到当地人的友谊,她已回到英国,现在快乐很多.美国地广人稀,人们又讲究 individualism and privacy. 会不会这种 isolation 造成忧郁症呢?
谢谢河医生.
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回复by水滴的评论:
As I have said, there isn't much that we can do. VA does not provide a job, does not provide a wife, does not provide a house, does not provides sons and daughters, does not provide free money, does not provide a car. It does sometimes help with vocational training, transitional housing and give some bus fare though.
Main stay of treatment is antidepressant plus acute type group therapy in ward, mainly supportive, patient comes and goes. Sometimes the therapist can work on interpersonal relationship, personality, anger control etc. It really depends on the dynamic of the group and what the therapist feels comfortable to talk about.
Intersting enough, some patient did get better after several days just from staying away their stressful environment and rethink about their life. It is considered too early for the antidepressant to be effective, but you have to count the placebo effect.
Private hospital might be a little better, but there are pressure from the insurance company to push patient out. There are times doctors has to argue with the insurance company...
by水滴 发表评论于
After John is hospitalized, what is his treatment plan? Anti-depression medication and some group therapy? Maybe VA hospital has a lower standard to hospitalize the suicidal patients. Sound like he only has suicide ideation without a concrete plan..?
Anyway, the current financial mess benefited and is benefiting a lot of bankers and criminals who know how to game the system. Harding working Johns are squeezed.. sigh.