Depression Psychogenic

**Psychogenic depression** is a disorder in the form of painfully prolonged melancholy, characteristic of people suffering from a lack of motivation. With this disease, a person feels a feeling of despair and failure in the absence of visible reasons. Depressive conditions are characterized by the simultaneous manifestation of symptoms of apathy, anxiety, anxiety and irritation.

The causes and pathogenesis are still unknown. Until now, the mechanisms of psychogenic depression have not been fully studied; scientists are based only on clinical observation. Typically, pathogenesis involves mental pathological processes in the brain, the functions of which are disrupted by neurotransmitters from certain areas. It is believed that the loss of certain neurochemical pathways in the brain can lead to changes in mood and the creation of depressive symptoms. However, the exact nature of this mechanism remains unclear.

The reason for this behavior may be depressive moments in people's past experiences. There may also be a certain predisposition to the disease. Although several such factors influence the process of depression, these causes are not always helpful in identifying it. When a large-scale crisis occurs that requires a person to activate a large amount of resources, excess energy remains for this same activation. Some of them are released in the brain and manifest in the form of depressed mood and more frequent imaginative thoughts. This assumption is based on experimental studies according to which healthy subjects experience habitual psychological activation of brain activity under various stressful conditions. As a result of depression, their course is disrupted, and malfunctions in the functioning of internal organs occur.

**Symptoms of psychogenic depression**

A depressive state is usually accompanied by sadness, a feeling of doom, deep melancholy, a weak desire to work, problems concentrating, a boring life, a decrease in