[Gender identity disorders or andromimetic behaviour in a victim of incest--a case study].

Nowadays, it is becoming increasingly difficult to clearly classify the issues associated with the phenomenon of gender dysphoria due to the fact that one identifies oneself in the context of increasingly fluid categories of gender identity-- an intrinsic sense of being a woman or a man. The authors present a woman whose internal problems connected with her sexuality and incomplete identification with the role attributed to her gender originate from her family history. Long-lasting, traumatic experiences of incestuous abuse and violence on the part of close relatives disturbed her development in many areas of personality and functioning.

[A case of ketamine dependence].

Ketamine is a rapid-acting anaesthetic agent which has been used for over 40 years. It is an antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and agonist of mu and sigma opiate receptors. Ketamine acts through inhibition of sensory parts in the brain and stimulation of the limbic system and optic thalamus.

Therapeutic efficacy assessment of weak variable magnetic fields with low value of induction in patients with drug-resistant depression.

Background: The aim of this prospective study was to verify whether magnetostimulation with weak variable magnetic fields with low value of induction could enhance the effects of pharmacological therapy in drug-resistant depression.

Materials And Methods: Thirty patients, 26 women and 4 men, with drug-resistant depression were enrolled in the study. The subjects from Group No.

Psychological and psychiatric factors related to health-related quality of life after total hip replacement - preliminary report.

Unlabelled: Total hip replacement is one of the most successful orthopaedic interventions in improving considerably the patients' performance, nevertheless some patients demonstrate declined functional ability following an operation. Such condition is not a consequence of medical illness or the surgery itself but might rather be associated with mental status. The authors conduct an investigation concerning the relation between some psychological and psychiatric factors and their influence on health-related quality of life in patients after total hip replacement.

Decline in dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate observed in chronic urticaria is associated with psychological distress.

Objective: Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) decline in chronic urticaria (CU) may be involved in etiopathogenesis of the disease or is a secondary phenomenon resulting e.g. from psychological distress.

[The association of quality of life with mental status and sociodemographic data in patients after total hip replacement].

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the mental status and sociodemographic data and their influence on the quality of life in patients after total hip replacement.

Methods: SF-36, Soc-29, HADS, MPI, sociodemographic questionnaire were given to a cohort of 48 subjects who participated in this study (28 female, 20 male), with age range of 54-70 (mean 56). Questionnaires were administered to subjects two weeks before surgery and three months after surgery.

[The influence of some sociodemographic and clinical factors on depression in women undergoing coronary arteriography].

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of sociodemographic and clinical factors on symptoms of depression in 90 female patients awaiting coronarography.

Method: The factor dividing the patients into two groups: those without significant atheromatosis - 48 women and those with coronary atheromatosis - 42 women, was the result of invasive diagnostics of coronary heart disease. BDI (Beck Depression Inventory), HAM-D (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale) and sociodemographic and clinical data questionnaire were used in the study.

Anxiety and depression and their influence on the quality of life after total hip replacement: preliminary report.

Objective. The study investigated health-related quality of life in relation to mental status (anxiety and depression) and demographic factors in patients before and after total hip replacement due to osteoarthrosis. Methods.

Sense of coherence in patients after limb amputation and in patients after spine surgery.

Objective. To assess the score of SOC (sense of coherence), BDI (Beck Depression Scale), STAI ( State and Trait Anxiety Inventory) in three examined groups and correlation of SOC score with sociodemographic data, anxiety and depression. Methods.

[Personality types in patients after vertebral surgery].

Aim: To compare personality types in patients after vertebral surgery.

Method: 74 patients after vertebral surgery were examined with the MPI. 22 patients were operated because of injury.

[Sociodemographic factors and their influence on anxiety and depression in patients after limb amputation].

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the score of HADS and the correlation with sociodemographic factors and personality traits in patients after limb amputation.

Method: 45 patients after limb amputation due to atherosclerosis and 30 persons from a control group participated in the study. HADS Scale and the Maudsley Personality Inventory created by Eysenck were used in the study.

[Sociodemographic data and their influence on anxiety and depression in patients after spine surgery].

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the score of HADS and the correlation with sociodemographic data in patients after spine surgery.

Material: 40 patients after spine surgery because of low back pain and 20 persons of control group participated in the study.

Methods: HADS was used in the study.

[Symptoms of anxiety and depression in atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome].

Unlabelled: The presence of chronic disease is a risk factor for the development of mood disturbances and panic disorders. They can influence the course of disease and effectiveness of therapy. Depression may be the cause of making light doctor's advice.