Mental disorders

Alcoholism is a chronic, often slow-onset disease. It manifests itself as a physical and psychological dependence on alcohol. It is also sometimes referred to as alcohol dependence.

Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder affecting reciprocal social interaction, communication skills, imagination and play. It is accompanied by limited, stereotyped, repetitive interests and activities of the child.

Bulimia is an eating disorder. It mostly affects girls and women aged 15-30 years. The word has a Latin Greek origin and means wolf hunger. It is characterized by bouts of overeating and subsequent disease weight control. They achieve this by vomiting, but also by other mechanisms.

Burnout syndrome is a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion. It occurs after prolonged exposure to intractable and difficult situations and negatively affects working conditions.

People often associate anorexia with modelling, but the disorder affects many teenage girls, not just models.

Do you suffer from insomnia? Do you have its symptoms? And do you want to know what may be the cause? Is it possible to help and treat it?

Nightmares are intense, negatively perceived, unpleasant dreams. They afflict the sufferer by causing fear, anxiety, sadness or anger. This sleep disorder occurs mainly in children, but also in adulthood. It is associated with body movements, rapid breathing, and various sound manifestations.

Orthorexia is a modern eating disorder based on the exclusive intake of organic foods and dependence on healthy foods. How does this disorder arise and what are its symptoms? Can orthorexia be treated?

Schizophrenia is a psychotic mental disorder. It interferes with people's thinking, perception, experiencing and acting in contact with the environment. Early diagnosis and treatment are important.

Sleep apnoea is a disorder classified as a sleep-wake disorder, a sleep-disordered breathing disorder. It is a condition in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep and starts again after a brief awakening.

Stammering is a severe speech disorder. It is manifested by frequent repetition and prolongation of vowels, syllables or words, as well as hesitation to pause in communication, which interferes with speech fluency.

Parasomnias are sleep disorders. They are manifested by movements, talking and various manifestations during sleep.

Delirium is a qualitative disorder of consciousness. It arises suddenly, has fluctuating intensity. Man is confused, disoriented, upset. However, delirium can be accompanied by many other symptoms. Its causes are diverse, such as mental disorder, alcoholism, intoxication with alcohol or other noxa, and physical illness.

Dementia refers to a set of different organic psychiatric disorders in which a syndrome of intellectual impairment is prominent in the clinical picture.

A sleep disorder called narcolepsy is a serious problem that causes a variety of problems. Why does it arise and what are the impacts on human life?

Obsessive compulsive disorder and recurrent thoughts or unusual behaviours and actions? Why does it arise and what characterises it?