Year: 2020

In the clinical picture of depression, along with affective, motor, and autonomic obligate, there are dissominal disorders, which introduces the problem of sleep disturbances into the circle of the most relevant for this disease. The term “dissomic” reflects the diversity of these disorders, including both insomnic and hypersomnic manifestations. The frequency of disturbances in the sleep-wake cycle […]

In the book Moonlight at Dawn, I showed how difficult it is to name the total number of gays and lesbians. The numbers depend on the nature of the sample, and on the wording of the questions, and on the research method. These numbers are easy to get confused. On page 42 of the book, I myself made […]

Among mental disorders in patients with somatic diseases, depressions are second only in frequency to the disorders observed in the somnology clinic. If, according to epidemiological data, among people aged 14 and older, the incidence of insomnia reaches 21-45% (A.M. Wayne, 1995), then depression is registered in the population in 4.8-7.4%, in the general outpatient network […]

The close association of chronic pain with depression is obvious. So, J. Murray [1] emphasizes that in chronic pain it is necessary first of all to look for depression; S. Tyrer (1985) provides statistics on the presence of mental disorders of a depressive nature in half of patients suffering from chronic pain; according to S.N. Mosolova [2], chronic pain […]

Scientists believe that at 44 years old, people have a particularly significant risk of depression. Depression is a mental disorder characterized by a steady decline in mood, motor inhibition, and a violation of a person’s habitual thinking.   Scientists from the University of Warwick (UK) said: “The maximum risk of depression is 44 years.”   […]

Depression is a condition that can permanently disrupt a person’s ability to work, unsettle him, which will directly affect his personal achievements, work, family, etc. Depression is affected on average by about 1% of people, this condition is treatable, and requires close monitoring by a specialist. The average age of depression is about 30 years. Depression […]

It turns out that you can get rid of depression with the help of a kangaroo. So did the forty-year-old resident of Broken Erow in Oklahoma. The woman’s kangaroo bears the name Irwin. The American does not leave her “foster child” alone – she takes it with her on a shopping trip, carries it in a car in […]

Scientists from Britain are finding out what factors make young people refuse to eat because of fear of gaining extra pounds. This problem is much deeper and more serious than it seems at first glance. Anorexia is a severe mental disorder, which quite often leads to a deplorable result. Often the development of anorexia can be […]

University of Michigan experts say stress greatly affects students’ health. During the session, which in itself is a stress on the body, the student’s hand more often reaches for stimulants: energy drinks, drugs that stimulate the body’s activity (ecstasy, cocaine). The ever-increasing purely students who are dependent on these types of narcotic substances have seriously excited the […]

Ian Colman, an epidemiologist at the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama, recently reassured a study on the long-term benefits a person can get from treating a depression or just a chronic mental depression. The data from this study was taken from the funds of the US National Demographic Medical Center. This study says […]