What is sexaholism?
Sexaholism (erotomania or hypersexuality) is a fairly commonly used term. This problem is categorised as a libido disorder and consists of increased sexual desire. A manifestation of sexaholism is...
Ayahuasca - truths and myths
Ayahuasca offers relaxation and insight into areas of our consciousness that are not known to us. Colourful adverts offering new sensations encourage people to try it. Ayahuasca - increasingly...
How do legal highs work?
Legal highs, or designer drugs, are a colloquial term for substances with powerful psychoactive effects. They can be of natural or synthetic origin. More and more people are using them, but they do...
How do computer games affect children?
Scientific studies and observations by psychologists show that children are spending more and more time on the computer. Computer games are their most frequent entertainment choice. For many children...
Anorexia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Anorexia nervosa, or mental anorexia nervosa, is an eating disorder affecting an increasing number of young people. The initial age of onset is decreasing - it happens that children are affected, as...
Brain damage after drug use
Incidental exposure to certain drugs can cause permanent damage to certain brain structures responsible for, among other things, learning and memory processes, emotions and motivation. A one-off...
Toxicology of psychoactive substance addiction
The latest statistics on drug addiction show that it is not only people of school age who are most at risk of using substances harmful to the central nervous system. It has been shown that also...
Effects of alcohol on the nervous system, what is alcoholic dementia?
In the old days, it was thought that ethyl alcohol, helped with every ailment, was also helpful in the process of preserving food and cereals. Today, these views have changed. It is known that...
Addictive sport?
In a healthy body, a healthy spirit! It's a saying that everyone is familiar with from an early age. But can sport be addictive?
Alcohol and diabetes
Alcohol inhibits gluconeogenesis, the liver's ability to produce glucose. It is true that the liver can still release glucose in the form of glycogen, but when this supply is depleted then...
Codeine addiction
Addiction is defined as a strong need to perform certain actions, movements, gestures, to consume specific foods or drugs. It is a very broad concept and, importantly, nowadays one can become...
Computer game addiction
Computergame addiction, like computer and Internet addiction, is classified as a disease. Research into this type of addiction is ongoing. It can be defined as the need to play games using a...
Nicotine addiction
Nicotine (C10H14N2) is classified as a pyridine alkaloid. It is found not only in the leaves but also in the roots of tobacco. It is one of the most addictive psychoactive substances. Addiction, both...
Internet portal addiction
Internet portal addiction is defined as the need to use the computer to browse various Internet portals (erotic, social, dating, news). Recent studies show that the number of addicts is increasing...
Dependence on another person
Dependence on another/another person is a disease, defined as the loss of one's own independence, one's own views to another person. It is a type of emotional dependence. This disease makes it...
Addiction to electronic devices
Addiction to electronic devices is a disease that requires treatment, just like other addictions. Electronic devices of various kinds (computers, ipads, mobile phones, tablets, laptops, PM3 players)...
Addictive drugs - how to recognise if a child has used them?
Legal highs are defined as a variety of psychoactive substances that cause a number of changes in a person's normal behaviour, their reactions to different situations, their perception of reality and...
What is pharmacotherapy for addiction?
Psychoactive substance use is a cause of mental health problems and behavioural disorders. It is defined as a set of physiological, behavioural and cognitive phenomena dominated by the intake of a...
Codeine addiction
Codeine (methylmorphine) is a natural opium alkaloid. It can be easily extracted chemically from morphine and is its methyl derivative. It has a very strong effect on the central nervous system...
The boundary between risky drinking and alcohol dependence
There are 600 000 to 800 000 people in Poland who are dependent on alcohol. The amount and frequency of alcohol consumption is mainly influenced by social factors such as ease of purchase, low price,...
