Medical Encyclopedia

Neurotic depression belongs to the group of neurotic disorders which are characterized as mental disorders without any demonstrable organic basis. Neurotic depression develops in emotionally unstable people. Their psyche is deformed in such a way that in their reality testing they do not confuse their morbid subjective experiences and fantasies with the external reality.

Neurotic depression is divided into primary and secondary depressions. Primary depressions may be caused by different life circumstances that have exerted some negative and lamentable impact on a person, like a long history of life problems and misfortunes. Secondary depressions are the consequences of the primary depressions to major personality disorders.

As for the symptoms, those who are affected by neurotic depression struggle most days with symptoms of depressed mood. There can be no major complications if the condition falls under treatment immediately. Depressed mood may persist for years. In this case it is extremely important that a patient should go through an adequate therapy. Depression is defined in medicine as an emotional state typical features of which are sadness, unhappy thoughts, apathy and dejection. They are normal responses human beings usually give to major life losses.

Ways of depression treatment are various. Clinical depression which is prolonged or usually severe often requires treatment with antidepressant medications, cognitive therapy or, even, in rare cases, electroconvulsive therapy in which an electrical current is passed through the brain.

To relieve patients of neurotic depression specialists turn to the drugs which are described as containing a combination of indigenous medicines with multifocal action like Geriforte. It is manufactured by the Himalaya Drug Company. The formulation contains nervine and brain tonics which have positive effect on the nervous system. Its anti-stress and adaptogenic properties enable patients with neurotic depression to get rid of this depressed condition and enrich the quality of their physical, mental or emotional lives. Geriforte has been tried by scientists in their experiments in order to evaluate its efficacy in depressive disorders like neurotic depression. The experiments have proved that the medication exerted a definite beneficial effect on the patients after one month of Geriforte therapy. Geriforte, being a herbal antidepressant, showed no side-effect like drowsiness, restlessness, dryness of the mouth, retention of urine which are often observed with other antidepressants or anxiolytic drugs.