Mental Health

Sleep apnea syndrome

There are 12 main clinical signs of sleep apnea syndrome: severe snoring, abnormal motor activity in sleep, increased daytime sleepiness, hypnagogic hallucinations, enuresis, morning headaches, arterial hypertension, decreased libido, personality change, decreased intelligence.

Insomnia (insomnia)

Insomnia - "repeated violations of initiation, duration, consolidation or quality of sleep, occurring despite the availability of sufficient time and conditions for sleep and manifested by violations of daily activities of various types."

Sleep Disorders

Sleep is a special genetically determined state of the body of warm-blooded animals (ie mammals and birds), characterized by a regular sequential replacement of certain polygraphic pictures in the form of cycles, phases and stages. In this definition, you should pay attention to 3 strong points: firstly, the presence of sleep is genetically predetermined, secondly, the structure of sleep is most perfect in higher species of the animal world and, thirdly, sleep should be objectively recorded.

Cognitive impairment

Dementia (from Latin de - "loss", mentos - "mind", synonym - dementia) - acquired stable polyfunctional cognitive impairment (impairment of memory, intelligence, mental performance, etc.), expressed to a large extent, determined against a background of clear consciousness , causing organic damage to the brain.

Violation of the development of speech and language in the child

Violation of the development of speech and language - a group of violations in which normal speech development is violated from an early age and is in significant disparity with the overall level of cognitive functioning.

Increased appetite

An increase in appetite can be observed in brain tumors, in particular, in the hypothalamic region, in some cases with congenital underdevelopment of the central nervous system, the long-term use of steroid hormones, sometimes with the use of phtivazide, and some antihistamines. Polyphagia is also observed in patients with some forms of malabsorption, chronic pancreatitis, duodenal ulcer.

Decreased appetite

In the newborn period, all pathological conditions that complicate the act of sucking lead to rhinitis, congenital defects in the development of the posterior nasal apertures (stenosis, atresia), organic lesions of the central nervous system, suppression of the sucking reflex, for example, with prematurity or birth trauma, mucosal diseases lead to a decrease in appetite. Mouth,

Suicide and suicide attempt

In the past 20 years, the number of self-reflections among girls aged 15-19 has increased by 250%, and the annual frequency of this phenomenon in this population group in some regions is more than 1%. Most self-poisoning usually does not result in fatalities. Self-poisoning accounts for 4.7% of total admissions to general hospitals of individuals aged 12-20 years.

How to recognize and treat your own mental illness

Doctors have a high probability of suicide and exposure to alcoholism, so we must be prepared for this fact (and try to warn him), as well as other health risks associated with the health (or patterns) of the professional and personal life of the doctor.

Neuropsychic anorexia and bulimia

Symptoms of anorexia usually appear at the age of 16-17 years (12 years in boys), often following a strict diet. The patient begins to attach very great importance to reducing body weight (this becomes an overvalued idea), and she begins to feel that she is repulsively complete, while in fact there is emaciation.

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