[Body-mind therapies in addictology: contributions of psychomotricity].

Addictive disorders restrict addicts' physical activity. On a neurobiological level, the reward system is disrupted. Pleasure is transformed into a constraint and patients lose control of themselves.

[Anorexia and borderline personality disorder : bonds pathology].

Comorbidity with a borderline personality disorder is far from rare in patients suffering from eating disorders. Clinically, this presents as chronic instability in many areas: interpersonal relationships, self-image, emotions, mood and acting out. Treatment is mainly based on a containing and reassuring therapeutic framework.

[Interpersonal psychotherapy from research to practice].

Theoretical Background: Interpersonal therapy (IPT) is a brief, structured psychotherapy initially intended to treat adult depression that was developed in the 1970s and manualized in 1984 by G. Klerman and his team. Two main theories served as a basis for its design: Bowlby's attachment theory and communication theory.

[Anxiety disorders in the elderly: Clinical and therapeutic aspects].

Few studies have been specifically devoted to anxiety disorders in the elderly. Nevertheless, various factors can expose this population to relevant levels of anxiety: development of somatic disorders, bereavements, isolation, changes of life, use of anxiogenic drugs, etc. Prevalence rates weaker than in the general population are usually found, but with high rates, however, for generalized anxiety disorder and agoraphobia.