The water and the treatment of depression

A spa treatment as a depression cure

Spa treatments can fight against anxiety states, but also depression and disorders include:

 

 

Curists , the profile is constituted by 77% of women whose age is between 45 and 70 years.

46% of the population is active spa-goers.

60% of spa visitors make a second course.

Cure depression: therapeutic targets

The cure is for people with moderate disabilities:

• it ensures a decrease in the general level of anxiety,

• it plays on the trigger of the depressed person,

• It has a positive effect on pain,

• it promotes the return of a regular sleep,

• it reduces the consumption of drugs,

• has a beneficial effect on the mood of depressive or anxious person.

Average duration of the cure depression

The spa that caters to people anxious and / or depressed and lasts 1-2 weeks.

The improvement factors

The distance from home helps to break ordinary stressors, but also:

• the surroundings of a health care team: reassuring effect,

• the medical care: déculpabilisante for depressive,

• the pace of life for spa guests more suitable for anxiety and depressive disorders.

Cure depression treatment advantages over drugs

An official study was conducted on 237 patients in four spa facilities for 8 weeks:

• half of the patients were treated with daily care, medical care, showers and underwater massage,

• the other half consumed Paroxetine: psychotropic recommended in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder.

The results show that the cure:

• better care of generalized anxiety disorder as paroxetine,

• and has a lasting effect: around 24 weeks for some patients.