When perfectionists adopt health behaviors: perfectionism and self-efficacy as determinants of health behavior, anxiety and depression.

Background: The study aims to show interrelations between self-efficacy, perfectionism (adaptive and maladaptive), health behavior, and mental health outcomes such as anxiety and depression as an exponent in maintaining optimal health. In the analyses, we focused on one category of health behaviors - preventive practices.: participants and procedure: Of the gathered data, 295 complete datasets were analyzed (age: = 28.

Sexual obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Definitions, models and cognitive-behavioural therapy.

Sexual obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder are featured by unsolicited, intrusive sexual thoughts and images. The occurrence of sexual obsessions is estimated at 16.8% among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Psychological and psychopathological factors in alopecia areata.

The problems of mental disorders and psychological aspects in the condition referred to as alopecia areata in the Polish context are not well researched yet. The objective of our analyses is to present the results of the review of literature devoted to the occurrence of mental disorders and the participation of psychological factors in the aetiology of alopecia areata. Preparing the review of the research conducted hitherto and concerning the participation of psychological factors in the pathogenesis and the course of alopecia areata, it is indicated that stress, a traumatic situation, a high level of neuroticism and alexithymia, may influence the occurrence, duration and exacerbation of the condition in question.