Psychiatry 2025, January

Confusion may be related to loss of awareness of where we are, but also related to disturbances in the sense of one's own identity ...…

It happens that the very name "psychotropic drugs" evokes unpleasant associations in patients. Such fears are not fully justified - some funds are credited ...…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is the occurrence of a person who has recurring intrusive thoughts or actions that are difficult to resist. An attempt to stop ...…

Mika Urbaniak: singer, jazz lover. A Pole from melancholy, and an American from optimism. Daughter of Urszula Dudziak and Michał Urbaniak. He doesn't like artificiality. On ...…

Depressed mood is a state that every person experiences during their life. There are various reasons for it - the low mood may be due to ...…

Anxiety disorders are various types of neurotic disorders. Panic attacks, generalized or social anxiety, phobia or obsessions - these are anxiety disorders that ...…

An emotionally unstable personality is a personality disorder that has been officially classified as an illness. There are two basic types of such a personality ...…

Agoraphobia is an unjustified, morbid fear of open space. People with agoraphobia cannot leave the house on their own, the very thought overwhelms them ...…

The need to be on everyone's lips and exaggeration in certain behaviors are not only a feature of some celebrities, but also disorders encountered in patients with ...…

Hysteria used to be attributed only to women, in ancient times it was called uterine dyspnea. Later, its causes were explained by bizarre theories of humor or ...…

Memory disorders can be associated not only with stress and fatigue, but also with serious diseases. This can result in irreversible changes in memory. Which ...…

Sleep disturbances can refer to abnormal sleep duration or undesirable behavior during sleep. This is a very serious clinical problem ...…

Heart neurosis is a type of anxiety neurosis, which manifests itself in the form of disturbances in the heart rhythm, shortness of breath, pains in the chest area. Heart neurosis ...…

Bulimia is a type of eating disorder that does not have to be seen at first glance - contrary to appearances, most people who struggle with this problem ...…

Chronic (chronic) fatigue syndrome (CFS) is considered another civilization disease. More and more people struggle with chronic sleepiness, fatigue, ...…

Mental disorders appear in both he althy and sick people. What in the world of the psyche is the norm and what is not anymore? What can make mental disorders worse? To ...…

Mental disorders include a number of different problems. They include depression as well as pervasive disorders in children ...…

Depression is an ambiguous term. Find out what depression is and what its symptoms are. Take the depression test and see if you have depression too.…

The type of neurosis depends on its cause. Neuroses are favored by: a sensitive nervous system, severe mental experiences, e.g. after the death of a loved one or b ...…

Anxiety neurosis is a fairly common form of neurosis. Today one in 50 people has anxiety neurosis. It happens at different stages of life. It is difficult to determine the cause ...…

Synesthesia is a state in which sensory impressions are mixed with each other. Then you can, among others see or taste the colors of words. The flavors, on the other hand, can be heard as ...…

Echolalia is a disorder in which patients repeat single words, fragments of sentences or even whole sentences they hear from others. Echolalia is sometimes fiz ...…

Eating disorders constitute a fairly extensive group of psychiatric entities, which include, among others, anorexia and bulimia. Sometimes these problems happen ...…

ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, hyperkinetic disorder) is one of the most common problems among children and adolescents ...…

Theoretically, the occurrence of hallucinations (hallucinations) could be treated as a reason to visit a psychiatrist, however, contrary to appearances, these disorders are sometimes related to ...…

Delirium (delirium) is a disorder of consciousness characterized by a sense of confusion in time and space, difficulty maintaining attention, impaired ...…

EEG is a study assessing the bioelectric activity of the brain, used, among others, in the diagnosis of epilepsy. The most common EEG is performed at rest, there is ...…

There has been a lot of talk about psychedelics and their possible use in the treatment of depression. The assurances of some studies seem promising ...…

Electroconvulsive therapy is still a method of treatment used in psychiatry. Using it may be advisable, inter alia, in patients with schizophrenia, disease ...…

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that is most often diagnosed in adults. What are its symptoms and how to treat it? What is paranoid schizophrenia?…