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riod of weeks or months and 2) anorexia or an “appetite disturbance.”
An example of insomnia would be an habitual inability to get back to sleep after getting up early.
Anorexia is characterized by a loss of interest in eating. Weight loss often occurs even though the person is not intending to diet.
Other symptoms of depression include the “mirror images” of the latter two: 1) hypersomnia, characterized by unusually long periods of sleep and 2) overeating, which results in a weight gain.
The hypersomniac not only avoids problems by sleeping, he or she avoids the “whole world.”
Nettles said it was wrong to generalize, pointing out that insomnia and anorexia are not the only symptoms of depression “although they’re much more common than hypersomnia and overeating.”
Other symptoms are: 1) loss of interest in activities formerly found pleasurable 2) memory disturbance and 3) cognitive disturbance, characterized by an inability to think clearly.
Asked about how to prevent suicide, Nettles said first of all “people need to take it seriously when someone threatens suicide. Don’t ignore it and hope it gets better. It is a myth to think that if a person says he will do it (commit suicide) he won’t do it.”
In addition to getting professional help (which can be gotten from Family Guidance Services of Rappahannock 675-3329) Nettles said it was important to do the following at home: 1) remove the means - “get the guns out of the house,” lock up ammunition or give it to a neighbor 2) remove prescription drugs from the medicine cabinet and hide them and 3) observe the person, stay near and try to communicate.
Before admitting a patient, Family Guidance Services will assess whether the situation is an emergency and decide when and what kind of treatment is needed. An effort is made to meet with the person as quickly as possible.
If need be, a person may be civilly committed by a court, which means a judge may order a person detained ii the person is deemed to be 1) in immi
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