Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 352-353
Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects
enabled to conclude she has evolved favourably, but that until recently she was
dependent from others.
Conclusions
This clinical case wants to raise consciousness to the importance of thermal
treatment in depression cases. Treatments should be personalized both in terms of
mental and physical aspects. In addition to maintaining the antidepressant treatment
prescribed by the psychiatrist, it is fundamental to advise the patient to change his
lifestyle (for instance make exercise and eat healthy food), socializing in a supportive
environment, correcting negative thought patterns and improving his adaptation
to the outside world. Independently of its specific therapeutic indications, attending
thermal baths, with a supportive environment and the professionalism of hydrologist
doctors and qualified technicians, is always positive for a period of active rest,
healthy eating, relaxing balneotherapy and climate change. All this helps improve
the different symptoms associated to Depression.
Keywords: Depression, Thermal Treatment, Improvement
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