Is depression always associated with reduced ability to concentrate and mental performance? My daughter has been receiving pharmacological treatment for depression for almost a year, and despite this, she is doing quite well with her studies (the symptoms on the basis of which she was diagnosed with depression are the long-lasting feeling of sadness, hopelessness and meaninglessness living with tearfulness and anxiety - she started the treatment a year ago) .
Depression can have different constellations of symptoms, and the lack of one does not contradict the diagnosis. Usually, the ability to concentrate and remember deteriorates, but it doesn't have to be. The given symptoms quite clearly justify the general diagnosis, in the therapeutic plan it is necessary to consider the situational and psychological factors together with the doctor and consider the need for possible psychotherapy. Regards!
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Tomasz JaroszewskiSecond degree psychiatrist
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