A 30-year-old young man was taken to a mental hospital due to stress when he suddenly lost 20 billion VND while playing orchids.
Mr. Hoang Van Nam (30 years old) has one child, his family is harmonious, there are no conflicts, and his family’s finances are average. About 3 months ago, he was stressed about money. Due to playing orchids, he suddenly lost 20 billion VND.
“During that time, my husband was worried, thinking a lot about losing money, always in a state of boredom, frustration, fatigue, no energy to work, did not want to contact or talk to anyone, just stay in the room alone”, Mr. Nam’s wife recounted.
The 30-year-old man lost all his previous interests, did not want to work, and thought pessimistically and negatively about the future. Having low self-esteem, Mr. Nam felt like he was a burden to his family, and many times thought about seeking death to escape.
Four days before entering the hospital, he also drank herbicide, and was discovered by his family and taken to the poison control center of Bach Mai hospital. After stable medical treatment, he was transferred to a mental health hospital for psychological treatment.
After 20 days of treatment, his family discovered that he had used a sharp knife to cut his hand and was bleeding. Nam was transferred by first aid medical staff to a surgical department to treat his injuries, then transferred to a mental health hospital for further treatment.
Dr. Duong Minh Tam, Institute of Mental Health – Bach Mai Hospital, said that Mr. Nam was diagnosed with adaptive disorder syndrome, with prolonged depressive reactions.
Adjustment disorder (AD) is characterized by an emotional response to a stressful event. Usually, stressors involve problems that change the patient’s living conditions.
Stress is considered a direct factor of adaptation disorder; without stress, this disorder would not occur. Adjustment disorders often appear after one or more traumatic factors, but do not necessarily appear immediately after the trauma.
Traumatic factors in adjustment disorders are common life events such as: experiencing childhood stress, broken family, parents’ divorce… Or problems with changing circumstances. , such as retiring, having children or going away to school, or experiencing adverse situations, such as losing a job, losing a loved one or having financial problems.
The pathology of adjustment disorders varies depending on the severity of the traumatizer and the predominant symptoms.
“Currently the prevalence is estimated at 2 to 8% of the general population, with women being diagnosed with this disorder twice as often as men.”“, Dr. Tam said and said that in adolescents, men and women are diagnosed with this disorder equally. The disorders can occur at any age but are often diagnosed in adolescents.
10 to 30% of mental health outpatients and up to 50% of general hospital inpatients referred for mental health consultation have a diagnosis of adjustment disorder.
To prevent adaptive disorders, Dr. Tam believes that it is necessary to follow the 5 R’s principle to help reduce stress. Specifically:
– Recognition: Identify the causes and sources of stress, educate and raise awareness.
– Relationships: Seeking help, support, reassurance.
– Removal: Eliminate stressors and stimulating factors.
– Relaxation: Relaxation through techniques such as meditation, massage, breathing exercises.
– Re-engagement: Re-engagement through managed re-exposure and desensitization.
Doctors recommend that when you discover that your loved one has mental health problems such as insomnia for unknown reasons, boredom when changing the environment, life, etc., you need to take them to the right specialist for diagnosis and treatment. timely treatment.