Sexuality in different cultures of the world
Human sexuality has many dimensions, including cultural ones. Since the right to realise one's sexual potential is one of the basic human rights, it seems important to look at how certain issues...
Does cinnamon improve learning processes?
Cinnamon is a very popular kitchen spice obtained from the dried bark of the cinnamon tree. It is currently found in two forms as a powder or a rolled-up form. It has long been known to have strong...
Psychological and psychiatric effects of rape
Rape leaves a permanent mark on the victim's psyche sometimes for many years, disintegrates the "my self" and leads to isolation from the environment. It can also cause a range of psychiatric...
Causes of bedwetting in children
Bed-wetting is a disorder that occurs in both the paediatric and adult population. The occurrence of the problem in the former group usually arouses fear and anxiety in parents; moreover, it is also...
Masturbation - a form of self-pleasure for women and men
Masturbation is counted as a commonly occurring phenomenon. It affects not only single people or those in failed relationships, but also those who live in relationships that are fully successful and...
Men's response to a woman's need to talk
A woman has a need to speak about her concerns, doubts or situations that cause dissatisfaction. This need is satisfied when the woman is listened to, without having to seek a solution to the...
Sleepwalking (somnambulism)
Among the various mental disorders, some are regarded as ordinary, relatively well-known (such as depression or schizophrenia), while the term 'unusual' still fits best for others. Unusual primarily...
Treatment of dementia
Read the abstract of one of the lectures of the Advances in Neurology and Psychiatry Conference.
How to live and win with diabetes?
Diabetes is categorised as a chronic disease of civilisation that affects an increasing percentage of people. Diabetes is characterised by a set of symptoms that make it all the more dangerous for...
The price of food influences the way we judge its quality
A variety of external factors affect not only our general wellbeing and interpersonal relationships, but also our... the evaluation of what we eat.
Why do so many women and homosexual men befriend each other?
The phenomenon of intimate relationships between women and homosexual men seems to be an increasingly common sociological and cultural pattern. Researchers at the University of Texas decided to take...
It's official - watching TV can slow down brain function!
A study of almost 3,247 adults over the past 25 years has confirmed that a sedentary lifestyle and TV watching can have a negative impact on brain function.
Disturbing pre-school behaviour in a child
Around the age of three we notice all sorts of new behaviours and attitudes in children. Very often these are: stubbornness, kicking, spitting, throwing objects, pushing peers, refusal to follow...
How does VH type C infection occur?
Hepatitis C, is caused by HCV, a virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family .
Impact of physical activity on the psyche
Daily, regular, age-, health- and seasonally-adjusted physical activity not only improves physical fitness, body shape and fitness, but also has a beneficial effect on our mood and psyche. What form...
Pedantism
Pedantism, according to doctors and researchers, has an emotional basis. In many cases it requires long-term treatment.
Self-harm versus self-harm and depression
Self-harm is a mental disorder that requires specialised treatment. It occurs not only in children, adolescents or adults, but is also encountered in older people. It is the deliberate harming of...
What is Delbrück syndrome?
Delbrück syndrome is the pathological ability to mislead others, lying, misrepresenting facts, telling made-up stories while putting one's own person in a very good light. Mythomania occurs in some...
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...
William James: a man across the divide
"The greatest discovery of my time is the truth that a man can change himself by changing his attitude to the world". These words from more than a century ago still remain very relevant today. Who...
