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Psychiatry of the elderly (63 contents)
Anxiety states may increase the risk of senile dementia
Statistics show that as much as four per cent of the population is confronted with anxiety. Previous research has indicated a link between anxiety and the risk of various health problems. Now,...
Suicide in Poland in 2023: are suicide deaths declining?
The crisis in the mental health of Poles has been talked about for at least several years. Pandemics, related isolation, ongoing wars in the world or economic problems are just examples of events...
Caring for a mentally ill loved one - consequences and where to seek help?
Chronic stress, exhaustion and helplessness. These are just some of the consequences for carers of a loved one with a mental illness. What does round-the-clock care of a family member entail and how...
Where to seek help - psychiatrist, psychologist or psychotherapist?
Trauma, depression, suicidal thoughts. Who should I turn to for help and when? Who can write prescriptions and make referrals to hospital? Who is basically a psychotherapist and how does he differ...
Community psychiatry - what it is, forms of therapy, system of organisation
Community psychiatry is a vague, heterogeneous and multicontextual concept. In the text, the author presents four main fields in which the concept of community psychiatry is used, which appear in...
The psychiatric hospital as a total institution
In this text I describe the concept of the total institution of the psychiatric hospital, as formulated by the American sociologist Erving Goffman. This author pays particular attention to formalism...
What is antipsychiatry? Profiles of Thomas Szasz and Franco Basaglia
In this text, the author attempts to answer the question of what the anti-psychiatry of the 1960s is by juxtaposing the figures of Thomas Szasz and Franco Basaglia. Although both authors radically...
10 October - World Mental Health Day
Today, 10 October, is World Mental Health Day. This holiday was established in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health. The day is designed to draw attention to the issue of mental disorders....
Social contexts of mental health
In this text I reflect on the concept of health, pointing to its social element.
Don't worry! - what is worry?
The tendency to worry affects almost every human being, although psychologically it does not add value to us, quite the opposite. It is a process of activating negative predictions about the future,...
Myths about depression
Public awareness of depression is - happily - steadily increasing. However, there are still many myths circulating among people about depressive disorders. Depression is not always manifested by...
Irritability - what could be its causes?
Irritability is a problem where ordinary situations, such as a long queue in a shop, having to ask your partner the same question over and over again, or not being able to get through to a hotline,...
Five faces of insomnia
Insomnia affects around ten per cent of the population. The main symptoms include difficulty falling asleep, but despite similar signs of the condition, the response to treatment for people...
Hearing loss and depression: despite appearances, there is a link between the two
Risk factors for depression include a wide variety of problems, whether it be suffering from a chronic illness, the loss of a loved one or the presence of depressive disorders among family members....
Dementias as a condition whose prevalence is expected to rise steadily?
As it turns out, the prognosis for the rise of dementias is not very favourable.
Idalopirdine: does its use with cholinesterase inhibitors improve cognitive function?
Atri A. et al. summarised 3 studies that assessed whether the addition of a new drug, idalopirdine, to cholinesterase inhibitors improves cognitive function in patients.
Propensity to gamble - does gender have an impact here?
Addictions of all kinds, including gambling addiction, are inextricably associated with men. It is mainly men who are attributed with the tendency to these behaviours, while women are treated...
Nervous breakdown: what is it and how to deal with it?
A nervousbreakdown is a temporary condition in which a person loses the ability to function properly in many different areas of life, including work or family. The symptoms of a nervous breakdown...
World Health Day and Health Workers' Day
world Health Day is celebrated on 7 April. This special holiday was established in 1948 by the First General Assembly of the World Health Organization (World Health Organization) and has been...
Cannabis use may alter the body's response to stress
Much has already been said about the effects of cannabis use - both as a psychoactive agent and in medicine. However, as more and more people continue to use the drug, various studies are still being...
I'm not crazy! - treatment under the guidance of a psychotherapist like any other
I recall a joke in which a man taking public transport to work every day confuses the buses and gets on another one. It turns out that the bus is carrying patients of one of the institutions for...
Methadone Hydrochloride Molteni removed from pharmacy shelves by GIF decision
This powerful opioid analgesic, whose active substance is Methadoni hydrochloridum, has been withdrawn from sale as of 02.03.2018.
