Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians suffer from it, but only a few dare to act

 Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians suffer from depression. There is no easy job for someone who wants to ask a professional to help. One should overcome not only the internal barriers, but the stigmata as well, hirado.hu wrote.

4 percent of the Hungarian population suffers from depression, and a further 2 percent is affected by other mental illnesses – this year’s report of the Central Statistics Office (KSH) reveals. So, roughly 600 thousand people live with these kind of problems, who struggle with psychological problems.

According to hirado.hu, the pioneering institution helps the patients involved, where free support is provided for people suffering from depression and other mental illnesses. And the question is, of course, what can be done with the childhood abuses?  Is it still a shame to visit a psychologist? Can you talk about it in a community?  – among others, Kossuth Radio’s program called Napkozben sought the answers to these questions.

A big step for the depressed

Csilla Sarkany-Balogh, professional manager of Forrashaz Care Center of Kispest said: first we should start breaking down the internal barriers and then external stigmas would pass away, too.

It is a very courageous step when someone reaches the point that one has to contact a doctor. Many people live with relationship, emotional problems, and unprocessed loss when one should need a specialist or should go to a place where they can talk. However, communities do not work too well, and not everybody belongs to a community outside the family, or it may occur that losses cannot be processed within the family. If we try to reach out the population, maybe we get ahead in this and there will be less diagnosed – she said.

Julianna Gadoros, chief child psychiatrist and chief doctor of Children’s Mental Health Clinic said: the most common among children is that there is a problem with the behavior, in a particular case the child is hyperactive or a developmental step is delayed, hirado.hu wrote.

The teacher can also say an unwanted comment

If the child has to take medication or go to development or to a psychologist, it can get enough negative assessment from others, and even the teacher can say an unwanted comment. There is still a problem with it – the professional said. According to Csilla Sarkany-Balogh, the problem is not that a statement is told, but if the reception of it is not natural. It can even get a positive undertone, which is primarily a matter of paying attention – she added.

If there is the family behind the patient

The family often stands behind the patient, but it would treat the problems in a different way. If a person changes, it generates a change. If it does not, then there will be new problems – the expert said, who thinks it is very hard to achieve results and changes without the help of a relative. She also said that they tried to put together a volunteer group in a kindergarten where they would talk over the problems related to the children, but none of the parents applied for.

based on the article of hirado.hu
translated by BA

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