The attitudes of medical doctors, nurses and lay people towards schizophrenia, depression and PTSD.

Background: The stigma attached to mental illness has negative effects on individuals who experience the condition, and, while it is present in the attitudes of both lay people and mental health professionals, it is reduced in people who have had previous contact with those with mental illness. The present study focused on the influence of medical professionals' contact with individuals with three mental disorders, namely, schizophrenia, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in order to determine whether it is contact in general or specific contact with a certain disorder that reduces stigma.

Subjects And Methods: A total of 270 nurses, 30 medical doctors and 87 lay people (>75% women) assessed 15 items for each of the mental disorders on a Likert-type scale.

[THE FIRST CROATIAN GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP OF PERSONS WITH PREMATURE EJACULATION].

Premature ejaculation (PE) is a sexual disorder with high prevalence, defined by three characteristics: short intravaginal ejaculation latency time, poor control over delaying ejaculation and personal and/or partner distress. The diagnosis is reached by a thorough and comprehensive history taking, which should include presence/absence of other ­co-morbid conditions (e.g.