Eating Behaviors of Children with Autism-Pilot Study, Part II.

Unlabelled: Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by social communication deficit and non-normative behavior. The people with autism often experience troubles with feeding. The purpose of this study was to conduct evaluation of the feeding and eating behaviors among children with autism.

Letter to Editor. Polish recommendations for conducting online visits in psychiatric care.

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Quality of Life and Mental State After Sight Restoration by Corneal Transplantation.

Background: Quality of life has frequently been reported to improve after corneal transplantation. However, mental status before and after surgery has until now been less well investigated.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate quality of life and mental status before and after corneal transplantation including postoperative immunosuppression and visual acuity.

Sleep and inflammatory markers in different psychiatric disorders.

Many psychiatric disorders, like schizophrenia, affective disorders, addictions and different forms of dementia are associated with sleep disturbances. In the etiology and course of those diseases inflammatory processes are regarded to be an increasingly important factor. They are also a frequently discussed element of the pathology of sleep.

Modern indications for the use of opipramol.

Opipramol is considered as a pharmacological agent that does not fit the classification taking into account the division of antidepressants, antipsychotics and anxiolytics. It has a structure related to tricyclic antidepressants but it has a different mechanism of action, i.e.

Psychogenic speech disorder--a case report.

Background: Conversion (dissociative) disorder is a psychiatric disorder in which somatic symptoms or deficits are present in the absence of a definable organic cause. The etiology of this disorder is not yet fully understood. The most characteristic presentations are: pseudosensory syndromes, pseudoseizures, psychogenic movement disorders and pseudoparalysis.

Effects of hormones on cognition in schizophrenic male patients--preliminary results.

Background: Schizophrenia is a prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder of an unknown etiology and a variable phenotypic expression. In the recent years, the impact of hormones on the course of schizophrenia has been investigated. This study is aimed at assessing the level of correlating serum levels of hormones in schizophrenic male patients with their cognitive functioning measured with neuropsychological tests.

Impact of pharmacological and psychological treatment methods of depressive and anxiety disorders on cognitive functioning.

Anxiety and depressive disorders are characterized by a number of clinical symptoms like decreased mood, apathy, anhedonia and anxiety. An important element of the clinical picture is also neurocognitive impairment. The most common treatment methods for depression and anxiety are pharmacology, psychotherapy or a combination of both methods.

Delirium Screening in Cardiac Surgery (DESCARD): a useful tool for nonpsychiatrists.

Background: The aim of the study was to set up and validate a predictive scoring system for nonpsychiatrists to facilitate screening of postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients.

Methods: The project was conducted as a cohort study in 5781 subjects. More than 100 pre- and perioperative somatic variables were collected to build up an algorithm.

Depressiveness, symptoms of anxiety and cognitive dysfunctions in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): possible associations with inflammation markers: a pilot study.

Psychiatric symptoms of anxiety, depression and cognitive dysfunction often occur in patients suffering from somatic conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which constitute a major and growing public health problem. In the present study we therefore aimed at analyzing depressive symptoms as well as symptoms of anxiety and cognitive problems in patients with mild to moderate asthma and COPD. 59 participants-17 with asthma, 24 with COPD and 18 healthy controls were enrolled.

Complex assessment of the incidence and risk factors of delirium in a large cohort of cardiac surgery patients: a single-center 6-year experience.

Background: Previous reports provided inconsistent data on the occurrence of postoperative delirium and emphasized its considerable impact on outcome. This study sought to evaluate the incidence and predictors of delirium, together with its relation to cerebral ischemia in a large cohort of cardiac surgery patients in a tertiary high-volume center.

Methods And Results: Consecutive patients (n = 8792) were prospectively enrolled from 2003 to 2008.

Sex-specific differences in cognitive functioning among schizophrenic patients.

Background: Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia are regarded by many psychiatrist as an important symptom, which requires appropriate treatment and rehabilitation. There are different conditions, which may have an influence on cognitive impairment in schizophrenic patients. One the factors differentiating subgroups of schizophrenic patients when neuropsychological functioning is analyzed is sex.

General level of knowledge about Brief Solution Focused Therapy (BSFT) in Polish addiction treatment centers.

Background: The aim of this study was to estimate the level of knowledge about Brief Solution Focused Therapy (BSFT) among therapists and patients during treatment and identification of existing barriers to the introduction of the method.

Subjects And Methods: 64 therapists were examined in total; 37 women (57%) and 27 males (43%). The study involved also 191 patients, 160 men (83.

Liaison psychiatry in Poland--can we achieve a successful holistic diagnosis?

Introduction: New decades introduce more and more new medical specialties with the inevitable progress of medical science. This is due to the increasing amount of knowledge, and in opposition to the physical and intellectual faculties of a single man. In contrast to the time of Hippocrates, today one cannot be an expert in every field of medicine.

Association of early drinking onset with subsequent alcohol abuse.

Background: In the recent years the phenomenon of early alcohol initiation is observed. This problem is often underestimated, in spite of its numerous negative consequences

Subjects And Methods: The research study was based on authors` anonymous questionnaire including questions referring to: age of alcohol initiation, age of the first blackout after drinking alcohol, the place and circumstances of alcohol initiation and the reason of drinking alcohol for the first time. The study group consisted of 125 people, 83 men and 42 women, aged from 22 to 68 participating in treatment programs for alcohol addiction.

Consumption of alcohol and risk of alcohol addiction among students in Poland.

Background: Alcohol consumption in our society is a known, and a widely discussed problem, due to the proven negative impact of excessive usage of spirits on health. Aim of the study was to evaluate the rate of consumption, and risk of an alcoholic disease among Polish students.

Subjects And Methods: Study was carried out using an authors' own questionnaire, made of a queries about amount and frequency of alcohol consumption, risky behaviors and knowledge about alcoholism.

Detailed insight into the impact of postoperative neuropsychiatric complications on mortality in a cohort of cardiac surgery subjects: a 23,000-patient-year analysis.

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the impact of postoperative delirium with/without cerebral ischemia on short- and long-term mortality in a large cohort of cardiac surgery patients.

Design: The study constituted a prospective cohort observation of patients following various cardiac surgery procedures.

Setting: The investigation was conducted in a single high-volume tertiary cardiac surgery center.

Effects of olanzapine and paroxetine on phospholipase D activity in the rat brain.

Background: Phospholipase D (PLD) plays a key role in a second messenger system producing phosphatidic acid, mediating, among others, serotonin 5-HT2 receptor activity. The aim of the study was to evaluate a possible effect of atypical antipsychotic drug, olanzapine (OLZ), and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant, paroxetine (PX), on oleate-activated PLD activity in plasma membranes isolated from rat brain cortex.

Methods: PLD activity was determined using a fluorometric assay.

[Evaluation of anxiety and depression in the perioperative period in patients subjected to myocardial revascularization].

Aim: The aim of the paper is to define a relationship between the anxiety level and depression intensification, as well as to define the impact of: age, sex, education level and family situation on the anxiety level and depression intensification in the pre- and postoperative period in patients subjected to myocardial revascularisation (CABG).

Method: Prospective studies were carried out in a group of 100 patients qualified for the surgical myocardial revascularisation in the planned course. The Polish version of the STAI questionnaire was applied to study anxiety as a state and as a trait.

Aggression in the work environment of physiotherapists.

Background: Aggression in the medical environment can take on different forms. It can be inflicted both by patients and workmates and may also cause a rise of aggressive behavior performed by the physiotherapists themselves. The aim of the study was to evaluate possible danger that may occur in the working environment of physiotherapists as well as to assess the correlation between such factors as the length of professional experience and exposure to the aggression inflicted by patients and workmates in the workplace with the level of aggression occurring within the professional group of physiotherapists.

Eating disorders in Silesian schools - pilot study.

Background: Modern media have a huge impact on eating habits, which result in pathologies among young people, especially females. Fashion models have become a pattern for ordinary women, however the difference in a mean weight between these two groups is increasing. The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between school students' results in EAT-26 self-report questionnaire and their daily diet behavior and to analyze the occurrence of eating disorders among students in schools of the region of Silesia in Poland.

Religious content of hallucinations in paranoid schizophrenia.

Background: Different environmental factors are thought to be responsible for 15-20% of schizophrenia pathogenesis. Religion has long been considered a major force in human life, regardless of economic, social or political affiliation. How the perception of religion has changed over time, especially in the context of mental illness, was the focal point of this long-term comparative study.

Bright light therapy in the treatment of childhood and adolescence depression, antepartum depression, and eating disorders.

Circadian rhythm disorders represent an important component underlying the pathology of depression. One of the subtypes of depression, in which these disorders may play a crucial role, is the seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The bright light therapy (BLT) has been reported as a novel, promising treatment method for SAD since 1984, and most of the data revealing its efficacy has been referred to adult patients, without comorbid disorders.