The association between affective temperaments and depressive symptoms in a population of medical university students, Poland.

Background: Compared to their peers, medical students are more exposed to stress, and many present symptoms of depression, making them a group prone to experiencing mental illnesses.

Objective: This study investigates a potential link between the occurrence of symptoms of depression and the dominating type of affective temperament in young people studying at a medical university.

Methods: One hundred thirty-four medical students were surveyed using two validated questionnaires; the Polish versions of Beck's Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and the Temperament Evaluation of the Memphis, Pisa, and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A).

The Structure of Temperament in Caregivers of Patients with Schizophrenia.

The onset of schizophrenia symptoms usually occurs in early youth. As a result, the parents of these patients usually become their caregivers. The role of a caregiver for a person with schizophrenia is a considerable mental and physical burden.

Pharmacological Support for the Treatment of Obesity-Present and Future.

Obesity is a growing civilization problem, associated with a number of negative health consequences affecting almost all tissues and organs. Currently, obesity treatment includes lifestyle modifications (including diet and exercise), pharmacologic therapies, and in some clinical situations, bariatric surgery. These treatments seem to be the most effective method supporting the treatment of obesity.

[Intellectual disability as an object of research in psychiatry and special pedagogy of subjects with intellectual disabilities].

Subjects with intellectual disabilities are dealt with by special educators, clinical psychologists and psychiatrists. The need to provide integrated care for a person with a mental disorder under the conditions of normalized social environment requires paradigmatic compatibility of all three areas of social practice. Contemporary special education cuts itself off from biomedical foundations by formulating a humanistic paradigm.

Is asthma with hypersenitivity to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs is a risk factor for depression?

Unlabelled: The respiratory tract disease exacerbated by non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is characterized by the Widal triad, which includes the presence of bronchial asthma, hypersensitivity to NSAIDs (acetylsalicylic acid) and chronic eosinophilic rhinitis and sinusitis (frequently also coincident with nasal polyps). Idiosyncratic hypersensitivity to NSAIDs in the course of bronchial asthma affects approximately 15% of patients.

Aim: The aim of the study is to assess depressiveness and severity of anxiety in the population of patients with partially and poorly controlled asthma.

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In psychosomatic diseases, the damage to organs is overlaid with symptoms induced by a mental factor. Bronchial asthma is a chronic bronchitis, often of an allergic etiology, accompanied by attacks of dyspnea, which can be induced by severe stress. The mechanism involves induction of a bronchospasm, dependent on the cholinergic system, by cold air.