Stress is an inescapable factor, but the problem is getting accentuated because of a host of issues encompassing an individual’s personal, family, social, occupational and educational life, opined an expert here on Friday.
“Pressure of economic factors, job related issues, health and medical issues, lack of relaxation and relationships problems within or outside the family affects a person leading to depression,” said HoD of Psychiatry at the Institute of Medical Sciences and Sum Hospital (IMSSH) here Prof Gopal Chandra Kar while addressing a seminar on ‘Depression is a Disease’.
On the occasion, a Speciality OPD of the psychiatry department was inaugurated which includes a de-addiction clinic, neuropsychiatric clinic for the elderly, memory clinic, child guidance clinic, clinic for senile disorders, family therapy and community psychiatry. Neurosurgery HoD Prof Sureswar Mohanty inaugurated the facility.
Highlighting various stress-related diseases like high BP, peptic ulcer, migraine, certain forms of asthma and cancer, etc, Prof Kar identified six key stress-reduction areas, diet, exercise, relaxation, attitude and insight to the economic and ecological conditions.