Neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury resistant to conventional therapies - case report.

Objectives: There are patients with neuropathic pain in whom the treatment is ineffective, despite the fact that is conducted with adherence to the current guidelines. In these patients alternative treatment methods such as hypnosis could be effective.

Methods: The paper presents a case of a 58-year-old man with central neuropathic pain after cervical spinal cord injury.

Relationships between various temperament dimensions, levels of selected cytokines and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in males, incurred as a result of mechanical injuries of lower extremities.

Objectives: This analysis addresses the relationships between various temperament dimensions, levels of selected cytokines and PTSD in males, incurred as a result of mechanical injuries of lower extremities.

Methods: PTSD was assessed with a PTSD Factorial Version Inventory. Temperamental traits were evaluated by means of Formal Characteristics of Behaviour - Temperament Inventory (FCB-TI).

The prevalence of burnout syndrome in Polish anaesthesiologists.

Background: Burnout syndrome is a psychological response to chronic work-related stress characterized by low enthusiasm towards the job, high psychological exhaustion, indolence and guilt. Being a medical doctor, both in Poland and in other countries, is one of the most stressful occupations and anaesthesiology is considered one of the most stressful specializations, which justify carrying out of the study on Polish anaesthesiologists. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome in Polish anaesthesiologists

Methods: Non-randomized cross-sectional study was carried out and data were gathered through a self-administrated questionnaire.

[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.

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.