Mental and behavioural disorders (669 contents)
Organic mental disorders, including symptomatic syndromes (34 contents)
How to deal with ADHD problems?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects both children and adults, affecting their ability to focus attention, control impulses and maintain an...
Understanding stress and anxiety. Key differences worth knowing!
Although stress and anxiety are feelings that each of us has experienced many times in our lives, paradoxically we often fail to distinguish between these states. While both prepare our bodies to act...
Fear of cancer: is this why we don't want to get tested?
Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumour in Poland. In order to cover as many women as possible, newer and newer programmes of free preventive health care are created every year. Why?...
Fear of Santa: Are children always eager to meet the star?
The festive season can be a real treat for children: after all, children's attractions can be found at various markets and shopping malls. It is not uncommon for children to have the opportunity to...
The psyche of flood victims: how to help and what might be the symptoms of PTSD after a flood?
In September 2024, the media in Poland reported on a flood wave passing through many cities. It has been some time since the tragic events, which resulted, among other things, in significant property...
What is ADHD and how is it treated?
ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is one of the most common neurobehavioural disorders found in children as well as adults. It is characterised by difficulty concentrating, excessive...
We would like to invite you to the Psychosis Therapy Congress, which we are co-organising with the PTPSPP
Together with the Polish Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis and the Psychosis Psychotherapy Forum, we would like to invite you to a jointly organised Congress: "Connections....
Child surgery - how to reduce a parent's anxiety?
Is there a way for a parent to feel less anxious about their child's surgery? If so, how can this be achieved and why is it so important?
IS predicts who is likely to develop dementia
Researchers at the University of Exeter have created an artificial intelligence (AI) that can predict who will develop dementia within two years of being tested.
Symptoms of early-onset Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is a disorder that mainly affects seniors, but it can also begin at a much younger age - it is possible for the first signs of the condition to appear even in the third decade of...
Learn more about the role of nutrition in delaying dementing conditions
The role of nutrition in the prevention of many diseases is indisputable - it is crucial in the context of many conditions, including diseases of civilisation. Also, mild cognitive impairment, which...
Inflammatory marker testing in the blood will allow dementias to be diagnosed earlier?
Dementia disorders - which include Alzheimer's disease - are becoming an increasingly important health issue due to the ageing of the human population. According to statistics, in the United States...
Magnetic stimulation in the diagnosis of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Dementias and Alzheimer's disease pose a challenge for diagnosticians because, given the wide range of symptoms, it is easy to make an incorrect diagnosis. PET scans, or lumbar puncture scans, are...
Aggressive patient
The doctor-patient relationship is a specific type of interpersonal contact. In the therapeutic procedure, the patient requires from the doctor (specialist), an accurate diagnosis and an effective...
Importance of PERT/CT in the differential diagnosis of dementia diseases
Neurodegenerative diseases are increasingly prevalent in the elderly population. The vast majority of patients undergo imaging studies that show brain structures, but functional studies, which...
Extremely good mood versus mania: how do you tell the difference?
When testing blood glucose levels, it is easy to determine whether they are appropriate, too low or too high. In psychiatry, for example, it is more difficult to determine whether a patient's...
On the validity of treatment in bipolar affective disorder
A pole is called a place that is for some reason the furthest away or has extreme characteristics. The poles (north and south) are those places on Earth that are their absolute opposites - the...
The role of the BRCA1 gene in Alzheimer's disease
The BRCA1 gene has been known since 1994, where Yoshio Miki, described its role in the inheritance of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Recently, we have been hearing a lot about the role of this...
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....
Creativity and mental illness
Already the ancient Greeks discovered that there might be a correlation between creativity and mental illness, but for good measure, the motif of the artistic genius troubled by inner demons was only...
Dementias - what will a psychiatrist say and what will a neurologist say?
Before someone becomes a neurologist or psychiatrist, they have to undergo medical school. Their programme includes the acquisition of both psychiatric and neurological examination skills. Thus, the...
From memory lapses to Alzheimer's - when should you start worrying?
"I can't remember where I put my glasses down", "I think I put it down here..."- sound familiar? Nearly 450,000 people in our country have memory problems and nearly 250,000 have Alzheimer's! It...
Memory and intellect disorders in older people - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Memory and intellect disorders in older people are also known as dementia (or dementia). The condition is difficult not only for the patient but also for those spending time with them. With age, the...
