What does very frequent yawning have to do with psychiatry?
When someone yawns a lot in the evening after a hard, exhausting day, this is not usually surprising. Sometimes, however, the patient does not feel exhausted at all, but yawns again and again - what...
Loneliness - a 21st century problem
Loneliness is becoming an increasingly serious problem. Despite more and more tools to communicate with other people, we are getting lonelier and lonelier. Thestatistics clearly show this - up to 75%...
Naughty child, wayward adolescent: are they already conduct disorders?
Behavioural disorders are becoming increasingly common among children and adolescents. Parents often find it difficult to distinguish which of their child's misbehaviour is due to the child simply...
How to turn stress into energy for action?
Stress is an intrinsic part of people's lives, which can provoke very varied reactions. It can have a mobilising or paralysing effect, an urge to take action or a withdrawal effect. How we react to...
Learn about the dangers of the Internet!
The Internet is a very valuable source of information and offers a wide range of possibilities, providing access to a wealth of knowledge and information. When used correctly, it poses no threat, but...
Self-harm in children: for what reasons do children self-harm?
Self-harm in children is not just about clearly visible, razor blade cuts on the forearms - in a broader sense, self-harm can involve strangling oneself or even a child, entirely deliberately,...
The role of BDNF and GABA in neuroregeneration
On the pages of Neural Regeneration Research, a study was published about substancess involved in processes that destroy nerve cells, but also regenerate them.
PCCH9 mutations and risk of Alzheimer's disease. Find out the correlation!
Researchers have tested whether the enzyme PCCH9 has a positive effect on the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
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.
Re-nutrition syndrome - a possible complication of anorexia treatment
Re-nutrition syndrome is a serious problem that can be encountered in patients suffering from anorexia, among others. It occurs when attempts to improve the nutritional status of malnourished people...
Conscious dreams: what are they and what can be done to dream consciously?
Conscious dreams are both an interesting and rather controversial phenomenon. This is because it is a term used to describe dreams whose action is determined by the dreamer himself - he can influence...
Harmful sexual behaviour in children and adolescents - how to recognise it?
Sexual development is an integral part of everyone's adolescence and it is during adolescence that images, patterns and norms are formed. Sexual behaviour displayed by children and adolescents,...
World Mental Health Day
10 October is World Mental Health Day, which was established by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992. The event aims to draw attention to and deepen public awareness of issues specifically...
ADHD in adults
ADHD has its onset in early childhood. Over time, the associated disorder may gradually subside, but in a significant number of patients the problem does not subside when they reach adulthood -...
Internet heckling - how to combat it?
Online heckling is a relatively new phenomenon, having emerged with the rise of discussion forums and social networking sites. The phenomenon of hate speech can affect not only public figures, but...
Drama kings - histrionic personality disorder
Every one of us has met this type of person. Always wanting to be the centre, loud, provocative, wanting attention at all costs. True, they can be annoying at times, but to some extent the world is...
Menstruation can exacerbate borderline symptoms
In the course of borderline personality disorder, patients struggle with quite intractable difficulties - it is difficult for them to function even with their closest people. It is for this reason...
Modern therapy for Alzheimer's disease and cognitive disorders
According to the latest data, Alzheimer's disease affects around 400,000 people in Poland and 30 million people worldwide. The disease gradually takes away memory, impairs orientation and recognition...
Münchhausen syndrome: causes, symptoms, treatment
Münchhausen syndromeis a psychiatric disorder in which the patient induces symptoms of the disease themselves only to be dealt with by doctors. It is a serious problem that no one needs to be...
