When the body is badly, the head is badly…

To be reached of a grave disease or chronicle has an enormous psychological impact. Cardiac cancer, diabetes, disorders, AIDS… very often, the treatments neglect the evils of the spirit. The world day of the mental health 2004 was the occasion to reconsider these relations between the body and the head.

October 10th, 2004, world day of the mental health, the World Health Organization and of the world federation for the mental health wish to stress the importance of the psychological approach in the chronic diseases and low registers.
When the diabetes goes up to the head!

State psychologiquePlus of 3 million French are diabetics. The impact of this chronic disease is more important than it is believed: these patients are twice more likely to suffer from depression than the remainder of the population. However, their attending physician very often forgets to be concerned with their mental wellbeing. The bonds between the two diseases are complex besides. Admittedly, there are certainly an influence of lived of the disease and constraints related to the chronic treatment, but the diabetes would be also at the origin of hormonal modifications being able to support the fall of mood. Contrary, the depression could increase the risks of resistance to insulin. The approach of the good being and quality of life must thus be always present in the treatment of this disease.
A gold heart…

The bonds between the diseases of the head and those of the heart are numerous. According to the American authorities of health, “the anxiety and the depression multiply by two or three the risk of hypertension, primary reason of the cardiovascular disease”. In the other direction, cardiac on two will know problems of depression whereas this disease touches usually a person on five. It is thus about a true vicious circle: more one suffers from anxiety and of depression, more there are cardiovascular risks… and more one risks depresses it! The only means of breaking this gears is thus to give an special attention to its good mental being to prevent the risks. Also do not hesitate to make you help.
The test of cancer

No one cannot remain serene vis-a-vis the advertisement of a cancer. The diagnosis is an obvious source of anguish, even of depression. Moreover, of many hospitals propose today a psychological support in addition to the traditional treatment (to read our psychological Soutien file on this subject vis-a-vis cancer). Because the depression would touch a quarter of the people concerned with this disease. A psychological support in particular makes it possible to decrease the intensity of symptoms and the side effects of the treatments, and thus improves quality of life.
To face the AIDS

Today, the trithérapies completely changed certainly the catch into load of the AIDS. But one does not cure this disease, and the treatments are far from being pain-killers. This is why the psychological disorders remain important: stress, anxiety, distress… There exists also a risk of insanity directly related to the virus of the AIDS. The psychological support is thus essential. Initially, it makes it possible to better face the disease, because the bonds between immune system and mood are numerous but this help is also important to face the side effects of the treatments, and to thus better accept them.
To find a support

To face a disease requires an important mental force. If you have just learned the diagnosis from a chronic affection or serious, not question of isolating, more of not seeing anybody to you. That will not help you, on the contrary.
Also not to hesitate not to ask council a specialist, psychologist or psychiatrist. Because you will be able to go better in your body only if you go better in your head!