Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences

Mental health and behavioral sciences is the branch of medicine dealing with various mental health issues. It includes clinical assessment of mental health and remedies that cover a huge range of behavioral and emotional disorders. 

We offer clinical and wellness therapies for mental health management irrespective of age, gender, and culture. The clinics that we are associated with practice the latest developments as well as tried and tested therapies for the treatment of mental health related diseases.

At Netcross Medical Tours, we believe in the facilitation of wellness therapies for mental health issues for you, that will help you to enjoy life in the way you want to.  Here is a brief summary of some mental health illnesses, so that you can gain an understanding about them and decide on a particular line of treatment.

Schizophrenia

This is a mental illness wherein the line between the real and imaginary world gets blurred, and patients cannot differentiate between the two. Symptoms can be expressing strange behavior, inability to focus on anything, social withdrawal, hallucinations, absence of emotions, and mental unrest. The causes of schizophrenia range from genetic to environmental factors. 

Antipsychotic medicines are prescribed as treatment, as they alter the chemical balance in the patient’s brain, and thus helps to restrain the symptoms. This disorder is permanent and patients require lifelong medication.

Depression

Depression has become a common problem of modern society. Most people are prone to it these days, and according to WHO it is a leading cause of disability worldwide. More than 264 million people suffer from this globally, and women are found to be more depressed than men.

Depression stems from feelings of deep sadness or misery, and causes severe mood fluctuations. It does not allow a person to function normally and they develop a negative outlook on life.  It prevents people from living life to the full, and hampers day to day activities. 

Symptoms of depression range from frequent annoyance, restlessness, intense pessimism, hard to focus on things, over-sleeping or sleeplessness and when depression becomes extreme, it creates suicidal thoughts, and the behavior can border on suicidal attempts. 

Addictions such as alcohol and drug abuse can cause chemical changes in the brain that can cause depression. It can be caused by consuming strong medication and insomnia. Medical conditions such as cancer, chronic pain, or underactive thyroid are found to trigger depression. 

If you have any symptoms of depression, or you constantly feel low, have negative thoughts, feel sad all the time and your emotions do not let you focus or function normally, you should visit a physician, before your condition gets worse. Never ignore your extreme mood fluctuations or the ‘blues’.

Talk therapy or psychotherapy has helped many people overcome depression and sometimes antidepressants are prescribed to help your brain attain the necessary chemical balance. Wellness therapies, too, are of great help in managing depression.

Tourette Syndrome

This mental illness is associated with the patient making movements repeatedly accompanied by quick bursts of sounds. The actions are called ticks. Some typical symptoms are jumping, arm throwing, kicking, eye blinking, shoulder wiggling, and repeated clearing of the throat and sniffing. 

Tourette syndrome causes could be from problems in certain parts of the brain, and it is generally passed down in families. Treatment is done with drugs like anti-seizure medication, blood pressure drugs, dopamine blockers and botox injections.

OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

In OCD, patients experience anxiety and negative thoughts and suffer from abnormal anticipations. Excessive counting, rechecking actions, germ phobia are some common symptoms. Infection and a head injury could be the cause. 

Treatment for OCD is mainly done with serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Psychotherapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy may also be recommended. Stress management therapies in the realm of wellness can help to reduce stress and anxiety and clear the mind from constant inner struggle. Our medical and wellness consultants will help you find the right therapy and medicine for you, to manage your OCD and live freely.