[Paroxysmal psychological disorders--a diagnostic trap].

Unlabelled: Paroxismatic psychical disorders, as attacks of panic and anxiety, de-realization, de-personalization, false reconescense phenomena and other are, represent the diagnostic problem. The possibility of mistake is significant, and wrong diagnosis has medical and social implications. The aim was to point out the methodology of the work with these patients.

[Use of methadone therapy at the Institute for Alcoholism and Drug Addiction in the Canton of Sarajevo].

Introduction: Number of addicts increased in our country, especially after the war, and needed adequate solution of the problem as well as use of the experiences from the other countries that faced before us "epidemy" of addictions. One of the solutions for harm reduction caused by use of opioid substances, primarily heroin, is use of methadone (heptanone), which is a good pharmacological replacement.

Methods: In this paper we have presented one-year experience in application of methadone for detoxification or substitution among the patients in our Institute.

[The Institute for Alcoholism and Other Drug Addictions at the Sarajevo Canton from its founding until today].

Health protection, and especially mental health protection in Bosnia and Herzegovina have very long tradition. A first record found on treatments of mental patients originates from 13th century. Use of alcohol is old as man kind, and in the culture of nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina is present tradition of "Common" drinking, which means that drinking is a part of everyday life, more in the rural than in urban environments.