Hypochondria, hypochondriacs - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Hypochondria is an exaggerated preoccupation with the state of one's health, experiencing complaints that are not confirmed by an internal examination.
Erythrophobia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Erythrophobia is the fear of experiencing redness of the body, usually the face. A form of social phobia.
Specific phobia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
A phobia is one of the anxiety disorders. People with a phobia experience fear of a specific, often highly specific situation and therefore avoid it.
Depersonalisation - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Depersonalisation is a condition in which there is a sense of alienation of the self. It occurs in schizophrenia, neuroses, depressive syndromes, after the use of certain psychoactive substances, in...
Derealisation - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Derealisation is the feeling that the whole surrounding world, the whole surrounding reality has changed. It occurs most often in people with schizophrenia, in depressions, neurotic disorders, in...
Agoraphobia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Agoraphobia is, literally translated, the fear of open spaces. In practice, it is the avoidance of all situations where it is difficult to get help or get out of a place. Agoraphobia belongs to...
Intractable social phobia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Social phobia is the deliberate avoidance of situations in which any assessment of a person may be made. The patient avoids such a situation because he or she fears that there will be manifestations...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) according to the ICD-10 classification belongs to the neurotic disorders. It is characterised by obsessions, i.e. intrusive, persistently recurring thoughts, and...
Stress - can it kill?
Stress is a word that has had a dizzying career recently. We hear about it every now and then: in medicine, education, management, etc. What does this fashionable word mean?
Discrimination against women in the workplace - myth or reality?
The aim of this article is to present current data on career determinants and how women function in the labour market. Let us first look at the main aspects of women's perceptions in their...
Globus - subjective sensation of a foreign body in the throat
The term globus (Polish version - knob) is used to describe the subjective sensation of the presence of a foreign body in the throat that cannot be swallowed.
