Publications by authors named "Ewelina Soroka"
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- Lamotrigine is an antiepileptic and mood stabilizer that works by blocking sodium channels, helping to stabilize neuronal membranes and reduce the release of certain neurotransmitters associated with mood disorders.
- Approved by the FDA for bipolar disorder maintenance treatment since 1994, it is also used off-label for acute bipolar depression, showing effectiveness in preventing depressive episodes, particularly in bipolar disorder type II.
- While it has promising benefits, lamotrigine can cause serious adverse effects like Stevens-Johnson syndrome, requiring careful monitoring and potential drug discontinuation, especially in patients with hypersensitivity risks.
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- Pregnancy stress affects both moms and dads, and dads can also experience depression after a baby is born, sometimes up to a year later.
- Dads have different risk factors for depression, like hormone changes and financial issues, and their symptoms can be hard to spot even for doctors.
- If we improve how we check for and treat men’s postpartum depression, it could help both dads and their kids by preventing problems in their relationships and the child's mental health.
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- * Cariprazine uniquely acts as a partial agonist at dopamine D2 and D3 receptors and serotonin 5-HT1A receptors, improving symptoms such as negative effects in schizophrenia and exhibiting antidepressant properties.
- * It shows effectiveness in managing both manic and depressive episodes in bipolar disorder, has a favorable safety profile, and ongoing research may unveil its benefits in pediatric populations and addiction therapy.
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- - The rise in alcohol addiction is linked to modern stress, accessibility to substances, and its serious consequences, such as brain damage leading to Othello syndrome, a form of delusional disorder characterized by unfounded beliefs of a partner's infidelity.
- - Othello syndrome, often resulting from chronic alcohol use, can lead to aggressive behavior towards partners and oneself, posing risks of violence or self-harm.
- - Treatments include antipsychotic medications, serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and promising research on oxytocin, along with therapy for alcohol addiction and underlying mental health issues to manage this dangerous condition.
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- *Key medications discussed include second-generation antipsychotics (like aripiprazole and lurasidone), the third-generation antipsychotic (aripiprazole), and the antiepileptic drug lamotrigine, as well as the new normothymic drug cariprazine and promising candidates lumateperone and brexpiprazole.
- *The findings emphasize that many new drugs can effectively reduce symptoms, prevent relapses, and have fewer side effects, highlighting the need for ongoing research to optimize treatment and enhance patient quality
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- * Factors contributing to adolescent depression include genetic, environmental, and biological influences, leading to an increased risk of self-harm and suicide, which accounts for about one-third of mortality in youth.
- * The article emphasizes the urgent need for enhanced educational and psychoeducational efforts to address rising rates of depression and its consequences among adolescents, highlighting the importance of supporting mental health in their developmental stages.
Postpartum psychosis is rare, but is a serious clinical and social problem. On its own, it is not included in DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) or ICD-10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) as a disease entity, and current diagnostic criteria equate it with other psychoses. This poses a serious legal problem and makes it difficult to classify.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article is a review of research on savant syndrome from years 2000-2022 - available in PubMed, ResearchGate and Google Scholar databases. Savant syndrome occurs with a frequency of 1.4 per 1,000 people with intellectual disabilities and in 10% of people with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe consequence of social exclusion of the mentally ill patients is often a worsening of the course of the disease and prognosis. The psychiatric diagnosis is very important for the so-called labeling, which is one of the stages of the stigma process, and it also has a lot of social implications. The purpose of this work is to take look at the issue of psychiatric diagnosis, especially the diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and its consequences for the patient's social functioning.
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- The study examined how medical students from five countries perceive social distance towards individuals with mental illness, using a scale called RIBS to measure their behaviors.
- A total of 257 North Macedonian, 268 Turkish, 450 Kazakh, 512 Azerbaijani, and 317 Polish students participated, responding to clinical scenarios involving schizophrenia and depression with suicidal ideation.
- Findings showed that social distance perceptions did not decrease as students progressed in their medical education, highlighting the need for improved training for better interaction with people experiencing mental health issues.
Background: There has been a noticeable and systematic growth of the use of psychoactive substances over the past few decades. Dual diagnosis is a clinical term referring to the occurrence of psychoactive substance use disorder comorbid with another psychiatric disorder in the same person. The most common type of dual diagnosis is the co-occurrence of alcohol use disorder and mood disorders in the form of a depressive episode.
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