Psychiatry 2025, January

The symptoms of senile depression are different from the symptoms of depression in younger people. They are easy to overlook as they are often confused with the common signs of aging such as ...…

Masked depression is a specific type of depressive disorder that produces non-specific symptoms that differ from the classic symptoms of the disease. I can ...…

Dysthymia (a type of chronic depression with neurotic origin) is one of the mental diseases in which patients experience a depressed mood. Dy ...…

Exogenous (reactive) depression is a form of depression caused by external factors. Such factors can be various situations provoke ...…

Endogenous depression is a form of depression that is caused by a malfunction in the human body. It is the opposite of exog depression ...…

Treatment of neurosis takes time, but the effort is worth it. This is because neurosis can completely make it impossible to live normally. The treatment of neurosis is primarily ...…

Neurasthenia is manifested primarily by chronic fatigue, but it may also result in concentration disorders and irritability, as well as pain ...…

The myth about the link between vaccines and autism has been around for a long time. It's hard to believe that one false publication from 1998 was at the root of the theory of post-vaccination autism ....…

Among neurodevelopmental disorders, autism is one of the most severe, but early diagnosis gives a chance to improve the quality of life of the affected person. What are the symptoms ...…

Early childhood autism (Kanner's syndrome) is a form of autism spectrum disorder that is associated with the earliest appearance of various abnormalities ...…

The hippocampus is the part of the brain that is primarily responsible for long-term and spatial memory. The hippocampus was discovered a long time ago, and yet this structure ...…

Selective Eating Disorder (SED) is a mental disorder that manifests itself as a strong feeling of resentment and sometimes even anxiety ...…

From generation to generation, the number of adults with ADHD who had difficulty concentrating and were hyperactive in childhood is growing. Here are 8 simple and proven ...…

A child with ADHD is aggressive - this is one of the most common myths about this disorder. Others make the erroneous thesis that ADHD is the result of bad, unstoppable ...…

Depression, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, or personality disorders can cause suicidal thoughts. Suicidal thoughts, e.g. "I'd better be gone…

Narcissism (narcissistic personality) is distinguished by a belief in one's own uniqueness and having great abilities, combined with a lack of empathy and arrogance ...…

About one third of teenagers in Poland have symptoms of depression. One in 100 has thoughts of suicide. Both the children themselves should be able to deal with it and here ...…

Seasonal affective disorder, also known as seasonal depression or autumn depression, is a specific mood disorder whose symptoms appear cyclically, ...…

The delusional syndrome is a mental disorder characterized by the presence of delusions of various contents. The patient may be convinced that he is terminally ill, followed ...…

Post-traumatic stress (PTSD) is caused by a traumatic event. The characteristic symptoms constitute the post-traumatic stress disorder. About very difficult situations, e ...…

Suicide is an important issue - over the years, their number in Poland is systematically growing over the years, while there are many effective methods, allowing ...…

Arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders, manifests itself in panic and paralyzing fear, a sense of danger, and a growing anxiety which goods ...…

Social phobia makes life difficult for patients suffering from it. People with social phobia fear seemingly ordinary, everyday situations. Pr ...…

Mania is the opposite of depression and apathy. This is a mental disorder from the group of the so-called affective disorders characterized by the presence of elevated or severe ...…

Anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) drugs mainly reduce the severity of anxiety associated with various disease states. However, due to the other activities that t ...…

Tokophobia, i.e. the fear of childbirth, is on the list of specific phobias (i.e. phobias in which the fear is caused by a specific factor or situation ...…

Some phobias, such as fear of heights, claustrophobia, fear of insects and snakes, are more common than others. Fortunately, phobias can be unlearned or surrendered to ...…

What does OCD look like? If you saw the movie…

Hypomania is a milder state than mania, but it does not mean that it is completely harmless. In the course of hypomania, patients can become much more talkative ...…

Confusion is one of the more serious disturbances of consciousness. The patient is not completely unconscious, but his contact with reality is very limited ....…