The child's drawing as an element of clinical diagnosis
The analysis of a child's drawing is an important element of psychological diagnosis that clinicians should also be aware of. This article presents the basic principles of interpreting the drawings...
Stress and uncertainty - a man before a first date
What is a first date for a man? A spontaneous adventure or a maximum dose of stress and uncertainty?
Causes of weight loss failure part 2
The author analyses the most common causes of weight loss failures
Treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and hyperkinetic disorder.
National consultant team position paper in child and adolescent psychiatry on the comprehensive (including psychotherapy) treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and...
Abbott halts sales of sibutramine (Meridia, among others), an anti-obesity drug, in European Union countries
ABBOTT PARK, Ill., January 21, 2010. - The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHPM) within the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has issued a recommendation to suspend the marketing...
Stress eating
The author describes the reasons for treating eating as a destructive way of coping with stress and its change to other, constructive
The way to successful weight loss
The author outlines the factors that promote weight loss and those that hinder it.
Causes of weight loss failure part 1
The author analyses the most common causes of weight loss failure
Obesity as a symbol
The author discusses the symbolism of obesity in different psychosocial contexts.
Forced hospitalisation affects patient behaviour
People who are not of their own free will in hospitals or psychiatric wards are more likely to refuse treatment.
Tea without secrets
Tea is an evergreen plant of several varieties of one species - Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis), formerly included in the genus Thea. It has leathery leaves, small white or pink fragrant flowers and...
Stress - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Admiral Nelson used to say that the most appropriate remedy for a sick sailor was to rest under a spreading oak tree. However, he never mentioned how to find the tree on the high seas. Today, thanks...
Too many Americans are not getting the psychiatric care they need
Almost 30% of Americans require psychiatric care. However, only about a third of them receive it. Part of the reason for this is due to patients believing that they can best manage on their own...
Stress in pregnancy - a threat to the baby
Strong negative emotional experiences in pregnant women can negatively affect the course of the pregnancy and the development of the foetus.
Acute fatal catatonia
Acute Fatal Catatonia - (Acute Malignant Catatonia, Letal Catatonic Syndrome, Fatal Malignant Catatonia ) - incidence, symptoms, management.
Suicide - choice or necessity?
The number of suicides in highly developed countries is constantly increasing, while the age of suicides is decreasing. At the root of suicide attacks by young people lies most often the so-called...
Dementia - causes, symptoms, diagnosis
Dementia is an ambiguous term, but it always refers to changes that occur within the central nervous system at the cellular level. It is generally a progressive, irreversible process, culminating in...
What is emotion? Definitional and classification difficulties of emotional phenomena
This paper reviews the knowledge on the categorisation and structure of emotional phenomena. Examples of classifications of emotions proposed by leading emotion researchers at home and abroad are...
