[A mistake in forensic psychiatric evaluation or abuse of psychiatry for non-medical purposes - a case report].

In this study we attempted to visualize certain irregularities that took place in the evaluation of a patient with personality disorders performed by psychiatrist expert witness, which resulted in an incorrect diagnosis, leading to wrong ruling of the court and a referral of the patient to clinical therapy lasting six years. The psychiatric and psychological expert opinions submitted to the court and first-hand psychiatric and psychological examination of the patient were analyzed. Efforts were made to show that the failure to comply with the diagnostic criteria in the process of diagnosis and not taking into account the previously issued five forensic psychiatric opinions issued by independent and experienced teams of psychiatrist expert witnesses, as well as not taking into account the nature of the offense committed have led to a number of irregularities in the assessment of the mental state of the patient.

[Emotional and psychosomatic disorder among female patients undergoing breast cancer diagnosis].

Unlabelled: Basics of psychoneuroimmunology indicate factors such as emotions, behaviour, personality and cognitive functions to have impact on weakening of immunological system and worsening the risk to develop medical conditions, including breast cancer.

Aim: The aim of research was to attempt a coping of emotional and psychosomatic disorders among women undergoing breast tumor diagnostic process.

Materials And Methods: 145 female patients were included in the the research, among which 99 belonged to the research group (RG) and 46 belonged to the control group (CG).

[The effect of selected physical procedures on mobility in women with rheumatoid arthritis].

Unlabelled: Electrotherapy, including iontophoresis and magnetic field, is one of the most commonly used physical procedures in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RS).

The Aim Of The Paper: To evaluate the effect of iontophoresis and magnetic field procedures on the intensity and frequency of pain sensation, administration of analgesics, limitation of knee joint mobility and comparative evaluation of analgesic effect s of the applied procedures.

Material And Methods: The study included a group of 60 female patients affected by RS with knee joint pain.

[Quality of life and depressiveness of women patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer treated with surgery and after previous adjuvant therapy].

Unlabelled: In the present study undertaken to assess the quality of life and depression of women patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The aim of the study was to assess quality of life and severity of depression of women diagnosed with ovarian cancer treated with surgery, and then underwent adjuvant radio or chemotherapy treatment.

Material And Methods: The principle of study was to included on random selection 42 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who were treated surgically, and then subjected to adjuvant therapy.

[Quality of life and depressive symptoms in patients diagnosed with uterus cancer].

Unlabelled: In the present study quality of life and depressive symptoms as well as the influence of illness on emotional state in patients with diagnosis of uterus cancer was evaluated. The aim of the study was to evaluate quality of life and depressive symptoms in women diagnosed with uterus cancer who underwent surgical treatment and complementary therapy.

Material And Methods: The study has been conducted on randomly chosen group of 100 patients diagnosed with uterus cancer who underwent surgical treatment and adjunctive therapy.

[Selected problems in the forensic-psychiatric evaluation of persons posing a likelihood of repeating a criminal act].

In the current penal code, compared to previous regulations, there have been alterations concerning medical security measures. These amendments have been prompted by socio-politic circumstances in Poland as well as implementation of Mental Health Act. According to the current law the court, on the request of expert psychiatrists, can pronounce a sentence of obligatory stay in psychiatric institution for perpetrator of criminal act who has been deemed not sane due to 31 subsection 1 of penal code and who is predictably able of recidivism.

[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the psychiatric practice--case reports of the ataxic and Heidenhain variant].

Objectives: Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rare fatal neurodegenerative brain disorder of variable clinical manifestation. Making the right diagnosis still remains challenging. First symptoms are vague and differ between clinical subtypes of the disease.

[Evaluate the influence of psychosocial factors on sexuality soldiers participating in the Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan].

Unlabelled: Sexual health problems of stabilization missions soldiers, contrary to other specific populations, have not been fully studied. However, effects of being in a war zone have been thoroughly investigated. Modern warfare soldier experiences stress related not only to life and health threat but also to separation from loved ones.

[Assessment of the relationship of depressive disorders in men with lumbosacral pain syndrome].

Unlabelled: Coincidence of pain in various somatic diseases of depression was confirmed in many epidemiological studies. Lumbosacral pain can be classified as one of the most aggravating National Health budget.

The Aim Of This Study: To assess the relationship between the presence of pain, depression, and emotional functioning of male patients.

Working memory impairment as a common component in recurrent depressive disorder and certain somatic diseases.

Objectives: Deterioration of the working memory is regarded as one of the most important deficits in a number of somatic diseases. The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of working memory in 4 groups of patients: 1) diagnosed with recurrent depressive disorder (rDD), 2) with diabetes type 1 (DM1), 3) with diabetes type 2 (DM2), 4) with arterial hypertension (HA) and in healthy controls (HC).

Methods: The study comprised 300 subjects: rDD (n=99), DM1 (n=31), DM2 (n=31), HA (n=30) and HC (n=109).

[Subjective evaluation of symptoms and effects of treatment and the intensity of the stress and anxiety levels among patients with selected diseases of the skin and gastrointestinal tract].

Aim: Aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between subjective evaluation of disease (the intensity of symptoms, complaints and nuisance effects of treatment) in selected skin diseases and digestive system and investigated psychological factors: the level of stress and severity of state anxiety and trait anxiety.

Method: Verification of the research hypothesis was made using the following test methods: medical survey prepared by the authors and standardized psychological tests, such as Medical Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) by S. Cohen, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) by C.

[Psychopathological and psychosocial aspects of military crimes].

Unlabelled: Crimes in the military, as well as criminal behaviors in the civilian community are determined by multiple factors. However, in case of military crimes committed by soldiers on active duty, an important part of forensic psychiatric opinion, is to assess whether occurring mental disorder resulted in inability to perform military duties.

The Aim Of The Study: was to investigate the psychopathological and psychosocial determinants of criminal behavior in soldiers who committed military crime.

[Are there any differences in the working memory of men and women?].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to compare the implementation of the Stroop test among women and men and to answer the question of the existence of differences in verbal working memory performance and efficiency of attention between representatives of both sexes.

Material And Methods: A sample of 348 persons aged 20-68 years (mean age: M = 42.16 years) participated in the study: 187 women (53.

[The use of RHLB battery for the evaluation of the lingual and social skills among psychiatric patients--case study].

Prosody plays an important role in the process of verbal communication, complementing and emphasising the linguistic and emotional aspects of language. Disturbances of speech prosody are rarely recognised, although aprosodia occurs frequently in patients with schizophrenia. Prosodic disturbance of speech can significantly impair verbal communication and social functioning of patients with schizophrenia.

[Influence of antidepressant pharmacotherapy on the course of cancer].

The coexistence of two or more diseases in one patient, especially in old age, is a common situation. The problem of drug effects, specifically speaking, their interaction and impact on the second condition still remains not fully explored and thus is very interesting. At the same time, it is commonly known that depression and cancer are some of the most frequently met disorders and following the WHO forecasts, their prevalence will constantly increase.

[Assessment of psychosocial attitudes among homosexual men].

Unlabelled: Homosexuality, though more than 20 years no longer exists in the classification of diseases as a deviation, it is still by many people seen as such behavior. The aim of the study was to assess the situation and psychosocial attitudes in the group of homosexual men.

Material And Methods: The study involved a group of 187 men aged 20-54 years.

[A catamnestic study of psychiatric consultations of patients with somatic diseases].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to analyse diagnoses made during psychiatric consultations in somatic wards of the multi-profile hospital, as well as the catamnestic analysis of their causes and determinants. The authors intended to estimate the needs for psychiatric consultations in a multi-profile hospital, to analyse a growth or decrease in demand for psychiatric consultations within two years, the analysis of psychiatric diagnoses made in the course of consultations qualifying a patient for transfer to the psychiatric clinic.

Material And Methods: Personal experience from work as a consultant psychiatrist as well as data from the literature were used in the study.

Psychotic disturbances in adult female patient with congenital hypopituitarism due to mutation in PROP1 gene.

Introduction: Untreated congenital hypopituitarism in adult patient is - nowadays - a very rare observation.

Case: A 52 years old female patient, was referred to the Department of Psychiatry for psychotic symptoms, manifested as auditory pseudohallucinations with delusional interpretation, significant psychomotor agitation, anosognosia, attempts of symptom dissimulation and negativism. At admission, attention was drawn to her short stature and low body weight.

[Trazodone in the treatment of addiction].

The problem of addiction to psychoactive substances (SPA) is an important aspect of modem psychiatric treatment. This is due to the increasing number of addicts, and reducing their increasing age. It is estimated that in the United States in 2006, people aged over 12 years of meeting criteria for dependence on SPA was 20-25 million.

[Self-aggressive behavior in prisons].

Unlabelled: In the literature devoted to the phenomenon of self-harm among engaged imprisonment, meets the different views the causes of such behavior and the risk of their occurrence. Views prevail, according to which aggression is considered common phenomenon among people in prisons. Social isolation and lack of close intimate relationships may foster this type of behavior.

[Results of the Benton Visual Retention Test and the Bender Visual--Motor Gestalt Test among patients suffer from depressive disorders and organic depressive disorders].

Aim: The comorbidity of depression and dementia has been extensively studied. Four main hypotheses have been suggested to explain the relationship between depression and dementia: 1. depression may be a psychological reaction to perceived cognitive decline, 2.

[Evaluation of the influence of tianeptine on the psychosomatic status of patients with ulcerative colitis in remission].

Unlabelled: In order to maintain ulcerative colitis (UC) in remission, chronic use of aminosalicylates is recommended. All patients have a fear of the recurrence of symptoms, which makes their mental state and quality of life worse. Because of this a number of patients are recommended to use different sorts of anxiolytic drugs and antidepressants.