Case report, case study
POSSIBILITIES OF DEPRESSION TREATMENT IN PERIMENOPAUSAL AGE CONCERNING VARIOUS ETIOLOGIC FACTORS
VALENTIN KORDIĆ
; Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; Medical Faculty, J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
VANJA ĐURIČIĆ
; National Memorial Hospital „Dr. Juraj Njavro“, Vukovar, Croatia
ANDRIJANA ŠANTIĆ
; Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; Medical Faculty, J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
SANDA ANTON
; Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; Medical Faculty, J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
MIRJANA MIKULIĆ
; Faculty of Health Studies, University in Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
DUNJA DEGMEČIĆ
; Clinical Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia; Medical Faculty, J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
Depression is a disorder with a thousand faces that appears more often in women in certain periods of life. One of the periods of special vulnerability and sensitivity of women is perimenopause when they are subject to various changes. All this affects the quality of life of patients and their functioning in different spheres of life. For this reason, it is important to recognize the symptoms of the disease on time and to start a comprehensive and adapted treatment. Therefore, it is necessary to recognize possible preventive and etiological factors. The increasingly researched vitamin D is negatively correlated with depression in the perimenopausal age due to its regulatory and protective effects on the dopamine system. In this paper, we present a patient diagnosed with perimenopausal depression, her course of treatment and functional recovery. With this presentation, we wanted to draw attention to the need for future well-controlled research into etiological factors and the necessary development of better cooperation in the treatment and prevention of mental disorders.
Keywords
depression; perimenopause; vitamin D; sociotherapy
Hrčak ID:
307183
URI
Publication date:
10.8.2023.
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