- Hermina Bitung<\/a><\/li>
- 23 February 2024<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Emotional mental disorders during the election period<\/a><\/h3>
\n\n The general election that has just taken place has really attracted the attention of the Indonesian people. The people's great enthusiasm for supporting this democratic party was felt. This important event turned out to have a mental and emotional impact on the contestants and their supporters. This condition does not only occur in Indonesia, in the United States data shows that around 52% of the population experienced emotional changes during the presidential election. \n\n Various forms of emotional mental disorders can occur, including mood disorders such as depression, anxiety disorders or more severe forms of thought process disorders. Most sufferers are not yet aware of the emotional changes they are experiencing, initial symptoms can vary, including sleep disturbances, changes in eating patterns, becoming irritable or irritable and concentration problems. In more severe circumstances a person can experience disturbances in assessing reality (can appear as delusions, hallucinations or dangerous physical anxiety). \n\n \n\n Symptoms of depression \n\n Hello Hermina Friends, depression is a mood disorder characterized by feelings of deep sadness and loss of interest in things you like. A person is declared to be depressed if they have felt sad, hopeless or worthless for 2 weeks. \n\n The following are symptoms of depression: \n\n • Feelings of low self-esteem, hopelessness, and worthlessness. \n\n • Feeling excessive worry and anxiety. \n\n • Very sensitive, such as being easily angry, offended, or sad. \n\n • Difficult to focus and concentrate. \n\n • Difficulty thinking and making decisions. \n\n • Tends to close oneself from the social environment. \n\n \n\n \n\n Symptoms of anxiety disorders \n\n Hello Hermina Friends, Feeling anxious is normal. However, feelings of anxiety that appear frequently or excessively can be a sign of an anxiety disorder. This condition can interfere with the sufferer's quality of life. Therefore, it is important to know the types, symptoms and ways to deal with anxiety disorders. \n\n • Blood pressure and heart rate increase. \n\n • Muscle tension in the head or neck. \n\n • Headache, dizziness, or lightheadedness. \n\n • Nausea or discomfort in the stomach. \n\n • Diarrhea or constipation (constipation) \n\n • Cold sweats. \n\n \n\n Symptoms of psychotic disorders \n\n Meanwhile, Hermina's friend, psychosis is a condition that makes it difficult for sufferers to differentiate between reality and imagination. Psychosis is characterized by the appearance of hallucinations and delusions. Psychosis can occur due to mental disorders, drug abuse, or head injuries that affect how the brain processes information. This condition can change a person's way of thinking, attitudes and behavior. The following are some symptoms of psychotic disorders: \n\n • Slurred speech. \n\n • Dazed. \n\n • Behaving unreasonably or even tending to endanger others or yourself. \n\n • Reluctant to maintain personal hygiene. \n\n • Loss of interest in daily activities. \n\n \n\n As Friends of Hermina, it is hoped that they will be able to filter incoming information from various sources, seek professional help if they experience complaints of mental, emotional or physical changes that interfere with their daily functioning. If you want a consultation, you can go to the Psychiatric Specialist at Hermina Bitung Hospital with Dr. Nike Trisni, SpKJ \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>- Hermina Tangerang<\/a><\/li>
- 16 January 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Mental Disorders, Are They Dangerous?<\/a><\/h3>
What is the first thing that comes to mind when we hear "mental disorder"? What do you think about someone with a mental disorder? Do you fear, avoid, and stay away from them? That's what we humans think of them. This is a stigma. \n\n According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "stigmata" is a reproach or a mark of someone's disgrace. Stigma has a negative connotation and contains discrimination. Stigma can lead to the destruction of a person's dignity and serious human rights violations. \n\n Imagine if we had crippled legs, were lame, were blind, or had cancer, and people looked at us with contempt and looked down on us. Then, we will begin to feel that we are an embarrassment. We may be angry because we are not the ones who want this disease and disability to happen, but people always see us as if you are the one to blame. \n\n It's the same with people with mental disorders. They don't want to have that distraction either. So what is the difference between mental disorders and other diseases? \n\n Mental disorders are clinically significant behavioral syndromes that occur in individuals in one or more important areas of functioning. Mental disorders affect a person's thoughts, emotions, behavior, and cognition so that they can cause disruption of a person's functioning in education, work, or social life. \n\n Mental disorders are the same as other diseases, it's just that mental disorders affect the organs of the brain that regulate a person's "psyche." Mental disorders such as high blood pressure (hypertension) or diabetes mellitus (diabetes mellitus) require lifelong treatment to be able to control them stably. The risk factor is the main difference. There are no definite factors that cause mental disorders, but research has found that three risk factors are involved, namely biological, psychological, and social factors. \n\n The main biological factors are genetics and an imbalance of neurotransmitters (substances in the brain that communicate with each other) in the brain. Children with parents who have mental disorders are prone to have similar disorders. Recent studies have found that individuals with schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are common in their offspring. In addition, research has also found that an imbalance of chemicals in the brain, such as dopamine, serotonin, glutamate, and norepinephrine, can cause the behavioral changes that we often find in people with mental disorders. \n\n Excess dopamine is assumed to cause the hallucinations and delusions that are often found in schizophrenia. Shortages of serotonin and norepinephrine have been found to play a role in depression. Excess glutamate and dopamine were found to play a role in the symptoms of bipolar mania. \n\n The neurotransmitter imbalance itself is the goal of treatment, namely to balance the imbalance of these substances in the brain. Research has also found that severe infections, brain injuries, chronic kidney disease, exposure to poisons, and drug use and abuse are also associated with mental disorders. \n\n In addition to biological factors, there are often psychological factors involved in causing mental disorders. Having a history of physical and emotional abuse and neglect in childhood can be a major cause of psychological trauma. Losing parental figures too early also forces a child to grow up faster without anyone to take good care of him. The way their parents educate them has an impact on how they solve, overcome, and adapt to problems as adults, or vice versa. All this is closely related to personality growth and behavior. \n\n Social factors are also not forgotten because they often trigger mental disorders in individuals who are already prone to them. Certain stressors, such as the death of a significant other, failure at work or school, divorce, exposure to a disaster, or a change in circumstances, can trigger a significant change in behavior. The social factor itself can also act as therapy that helps heal sufferers. For example, according to research, work can help people with mental disorders improve their symptoms in addition to medication. It can be said that people with mental disorders should not be shunned or denied jobs but must be assisted to work according to their capacities so they can experience improvement. \n\n Diagnosing mental disorders is not as easy as other diseases, such as tumors or hepatitis, which can be diagnosed through a blood test, Computerized Tomography Scan (CT scan), or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Mental disorders are different and cannot be diagnosed in such a simple way. Diagnosing mental disorders must be done carefully with a very thorough interview to explore the whole phenomenon, from the history of the current disorder to the history of past and birth disorders, as well as interviewing the next of kin. \n\n Most people recognize depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia as mental disorders, even though there are so many mental disorders that are rarely known, such as panic disorders, phobias, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, sleep disorders, internet addiction, gaming, and drug addiction. All of these are mental disorders that are often experienced by many people around us today but are not known as mental disorders. Perhaps we are experiencing it as well. \n\n Hopefully we can understand more about mental disorders and the need to stay away from the stigma that can worsen sufferers' conditions and lower their self-esteem. Let's help sufferers by taking them to a psychiatrist at the nearest hospital and continuing to support them. \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>- Hermina Tangerang<\/a><\/li>
- 10 January 2023<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Is social media addiction a mental illness?<\/a><\/h3>
In this millennial era, almost everyone we meet has a cell phone, and they usually spend a lot of time using it. It's not uncommon for us to meet people who get angry when they forget to bring their cell phone because they can't communicate via the WhatsApp application or can't open other networking applications. Does this then include dependency? \n\n Basically, all tangible things can cause human dependence, including social media. At first, everything that humans do is to seek pleasure, avoid uncomfortable feelings, as a hobby, or just to try, but over time it can become a habit. \n\n If the use of social media has increased more than usual, the intensity of use has increased, and there is a strong urge to immediately open social media and follow the actions that must be taken to the point of neglecting work obligations and resulting in changes in behavior when not accessing social media, it can be classified as a dependency. \n\n Lately, someone's need to access social media seems to have started to cause problems. Someone who spends the majority of their day on social media, for example, spends the majority of their time only accessing it. This of course will result in users' neglecting their obligations, such as going to school, working, taking care of household chores, or relating to family. \n\n In the pandemic era, the use of social media has increased because many jobs and schools have shifted to using online facilities, so the time allotted for viewing mobile phone screens has increased. not to mention the desire to stay connected and find information about news out there. However, this does not justify excessive use of social media, which has no benefits. \n\n Statistical data in 2017 showed that social media users reached 2.78 billion people around the world. This data shows that its users have increased 2.5 times compared to 2010 and are expected to increase by three times by 2021. The same data also shows that 71% of internet users use it for social media. Data from the Association of Indonesian Internet Service Providers (APJII) in 2017 shows that there are 132.7 million Indonesians who use the internet, and 40% of them are active users of social media, with the majority being young people. \n\n Research shows that screen time of more than two hours a day can decrease mental health. Research in America on adolescents aged 14 to 17 years with screen time of 7 hours versus 1 hour showed a two-fold higher risk of being diagnosed with depression, anxiety disorders and being treated with medication in the last 12 months. It was also discovered that there is a link between social media use and excessive screen time, as well as anxiety disorders and depression. \n\n Social media is also closely related to self-esteem issues. Individuals who spend a lot of time on social media usually have lower self-esteem and have narcissistic personalities. They often need to increase their self-esteem by channeling and expressing themselves and their success on social media and getting rewards from positive comments as well as "likes" given by their circle of friends. Social media is also a means for them to "not be left behind" because of their fear of missing out (FOMO). In addition, individuals who are lonely and alone channel themselves more through social media as a means of expressing their thoughts and feelings. \n\n So, is social media addiction dangerous? Recent studies have found that there are many similarities between addiction to cigarettes or narcotics and addiction to behaviors, such as addiction to social media, the internet, gambling, shopping, playing games, sex, and others. The difference is in the physical symptoms caused. \n\n Behavioral dependence, such as dependence on social media, does not cause withdrawal or withdrawal symptoms such as body aches, flu symptoms, headaches, changes in appetite, and so on, as is the case with narcotic addiction. However, other symptoms of addiction are the same as dependence on narcotics, so you need therapy from a psychiatrist if it's very disturbing, whether it's with medication, psychotherapy, or a combination of both. \n\n This therapy usually helps people who are dependent on social media to be able to manage their time to use social media reasonably and control uncontrollable desires. In addition, therapy also helps users to better channel their thoughts and feelings in a better way while increasing their self-esteem. \n\n Of course, prevention is better than cure. Prevention should start with yourself and also extend from parents to their children because children and adolescents are prone to social media addiction. This is especially true with the rise of new applications that can be misused by children and adolescents to seek access to pornography, bullying, and fraud. \n\n Internet use should be limited only if there is a need to use it, namely when you want to communicate, find important information, or for work needs, and only during emergencies. Currently, there are also several applications to limit screen usage time on mobile phones and monitor which applications we use most. We can set limits on the use of certain social media, for example, the maximum use of Instagram and Tik Tok is only 30 minutes in 24 hours. Try to increase your physical activity and connect socially with those around you instead of connecting via cell phone. \n\n \n\n If you or your family are already experiencing social media addiction or other behavioral addictions, consult a psychiatrist at Hermina Tangerang Hospital. \n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/div>- Hermina Serpong<\/a><\/li>
- 10 March 2022<\/li><\/ul><\/div>
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