Children on the autism spectrum and ADHD are more likely to have co-occurring disorders
Children diagnosed with autism spectrum and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) are more likely to receive diagnoses of additional disorders, such as developmental delays or anxiety and...
Christmas customs from different countries: differences
Christmas tree, wafer, borscht with ravioli and pierogi. These are the main elements indicated by Poles when asked what they associate Christmas with. How is Christmas celebrated in other countries?
Neurotransmitters - function and relationship to psychiatric disorders
Neurotransmitters are much discussed in psychiatry - for example, their role in the occurrence of depression, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. What are neurotransmitters, which substances are...
Historical origins of psychiatry - moral therapy
The text presents the social contexts that accompanied the beginnings of modern psychiatry and the first psychiatric practices, i.e. so-called moral therapy.
Loneliness and mental health crisis
This article presents the problem of loneliness in the context of mental health based on recent research in psychiatry, psychopathology and psychology.
ADHD and risk of substance abuse
ADHD is associated with children's attention difficulties and hyperactivity, but there are many other risks associated with the problem. One rather serious aspect is rarely mentioned - the use of...
How does living online affect our mental health (and more)?
With COVID-19, most services have moved online, but not just any services. Recurring lockdowns, isolations, quarantines or fear of getting sick has led to us increasingly socialising online. Social...
How has mental illness been perceived in different eras?
In the following article we present socially functioning perceptions of mental disorders and illness. Antiquity on the one hand is dominated by magical thinking, on the other hand is the time of the...
Image of the psychiatric hospital in pop culture
The mentalhospital in pop culture is most often depicted as a place of macabre events. The hospital is presented as a prison, the patients seem to be treated like criminals. On the other hand, the...
Varieties of coronavirus - are they all equally dangerous?
Almost two years have passed since the coronavirus emerged and a pandemic broke out. The virus has spread across the globe and its consequences can be seen both in terms of human health and life and...
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected society?
Until a few months ago, the word pandemic was associated with the Spanish flu that prevailed many years ago, but nowadays the term is familiar even to the youngest children. The COVID-19 pandemic,...
Models of mental health care
The text describes two models of mental health care. The first is a model based on the institution of a psychiatric hospital, which is the main institution managing mental illness, separating the...
Is mental health just the absence of symptoms?
In the text I show that the concept of mental health includes an individual - psychobiological - and a structural - social - element. Therefore, in order to look at mental health holistically it is...
Lyme disease and the risk of mental disorders and suicide
Lyme disease is a disease whose complications can include arthritis, cranial nerve palsy or inflammation of the brain. However, the individual can also have a negative impact on the psyche of...
Learn about culturally specific mental disorders!
In this text, I provide a brief description of six syndromes of mental disorders specific to particular cultures and geographical areas.
Does working too much influence premature death?
Spending more than 55 hours at work each week can be a serious health risk, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) analysis. According to the WHO and the International Labour Organisation,...
Mood swings: find out the possible causes!
Mood swings happen occasionally to every human being, but they can be considered a problem when they occur extremely frequently and the patient starts to function less well because of them. Mood...
Unstable work can worsen mental health in young people
An uncertain and unstable start to working life can have a negative impact on mental health in later years. This was indicated in a study by Spanish researchers.
Bulimia - what can cause this type of eating disorder?
Bulimia is, along with anorexia, one of the most well-known eating disorders. It is characterised by episodes of overeating, after which patients - in order to prevent weight gain - take various...
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...
