Mental and behavioural disorders (672 contents)
Mental and behavioural disorders caused by the use of psychoactive substances (14 contents)
Schizophrenia and life expectancy
Schizophrenia is regarded as one of the most serious mental illnesses for good reason - if untreated, it can essentially make it impossible for a patient to function normally. However, appropriate...
Suicidal tendencies can be detected by imaging studies?
Sometimes it is quite easy to infer that someone may be experiencing suicidal thoughts - such a risk exists, for example, in people with major depressive disorder. However, it is currently impossible...
Mental health co-morbidity: one patient, many problems
Just as a patient with diabetes may have heart or liver failure at the same time, a person with depression may also suffer from other mental illnesses or disorders - a condition known as comorbidity....
When jealousy breeds disease - Othello syndrome
Othello - one of the characters in Shakespeare's drama - has become synonymous with a person suffering from chronic jealousy. Othello syndrome is affecting more and more people. What is it and how do...
Organic mental disorders
Organic disorders are dysfunctions of the brain caused by its diseases, damage or injuries, which can cause psychopathological syndromes, mainly dementia and disorders of consciousness.
