What is a panic attack?
A panic attack is a very negative experience in which the patient feels extreme terror and fear for their life.
Effective ways to combat stress
Stress is seen by most people as a negative emotion that prevents us from functioning smoothly in everyday life, leading to health problems (cardiovascular, nervous or digestive problems). Everyone...
Discourtesy - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Each of us meets all sorts of people at work, school, on the street, in the bank. Some of them are favourably disposed towards us and we have a very good contact with them, others, as it turns out...
Beating children, as teaching obedience ?
Many parents think that beating their children will teach them obedience. This is a very mistaken view. But why do parents hit their children?
Anxiety in young children - what do we know about it?
Many parents experience their children feeling anxious about something. In many cases they don't understand why their child feels this and why it has happened. It is important to remember that...
Conduct disorders in adults
Conduct disorders can be related to impulse control disorder, sexual activity. This group also includes sham disorders. Disorders include, but are not limited to: pathological gambling and...
Neurosis in pregnancy - is it dangerous?
Pregnancy is a special time for the woman and the whole family. It is a completely new situation that not every woman is able to cope with. In many cases, it triggers severe stress and is...
What are obsessions?
In the simplest terms, an obsessive-compulsive disorder(OCD) is nothing more than a person's addiction to doing a certain activity, having a thought or imagination.
Why do we suppress our feelings ?
The suppression of feelings is a fairly common phenomenon. This situation affects children, adolescents, adults and the elderly alike.
What are psychosomatic disorders?
Psychosomatics, deals with various types of bodily (somatic) complaints that have or may have a basis in the human psyche. Information on the role of psychological disorders in somatic problems has...
Hair eating (trichophagia) - definition, symptoms and causes of hair eating
Trichophagia (hair eating), is a condition that involves chewing and eating whole hairs or hair follicles and biting them with swallowing. It is a condition that affects a large group of patients...
When do we deal with neuroticism?
Neuroticism is categorised as a personality trait characterised by constant, often unfounded feelings of anxiety, strong emotional over-sensitivity (so-called over-emotionality), difficulty in...
Neurosis has more than one name
Neurotic disorders are one of the most common psychiatric disorders. They can subtract from various dimensions of an individual's life and relate to behaviour (activities), mental processes...
Co-occurrence of depression and anxiety disorders
Phenomena such as depression and anxiety have been known to medicine since ancient times and even Hippocrates himself mentioned them in his notes.
Nail biting (onychophagia) and various types of neurosis
Nail biting is known in medicine under the term onychophagia, which is defined as compulsive repetition of certain activities. It is classified as an obsessive-compulsive disorder (obsessions).
Hypochondriacal neurosis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Hypochondriacal neurosis is defined as a condition in which the patient is convinced that he or she is in a bad or even very bad state of health, focusing on his or her body, how it works and any...
Panic attacks - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Panic is defined as a sudden, violent and unexpected outburst of very strong fear. In most cases it is caused by an exaggerated danger and threat. A person in a panic does not think about their...
Obsessive compulsive disorder - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Obsessive compulsive neurosis is a mental illness, but a treatable one. It has been known for many years. Prompt and reliable diagnosis of the illness and treatment (pharmacological measures and...
Panic attacks - symptoms, causes, treatment
Anxiety attacks can occur in both psychiatric and somatic disorders. During an attack, a so-called anxiety spiral develops.
What is chronic stress?
Stress is defined as all reactions of the body caused by negative environmental stimuli, mainly external.
