Author: Kroll

Liar, liar. Why do we lie to ourselves and why it is better not to do it

Scientists periodically try to calculate how many times a day a person lies. The spread is decent: from 3 to 200 times. We lie in response to mundane questions like “How are you?” so as not to burden others with our problems. Time about what we think and feel in order to look “normal”. And […]

What can be done for a person with depression and can you help

Anastasia Maksimova is a journalist, editor at Cosmopolitan magazine, and writer. In 2017, she was diagnosed with clinical depression. Nastya coped with the disease and wrote a detailed guide to depression to help people in a similar condition. This is a book based on modern scientific research and the author’s personal experience – about how […]

Black days and golden years, or depression in the elderly. What are the reasons and what to do?

Despite the fact that older people are better at coping with emotions due to experience, they often become depressed. Why this happens, what are the symptoms of depression and how to understand that your parents and grandparents need help, says André Alemand . Misfortune never comes alone While visiting her 75-year-old mother, Connie, Karen (48) […]

How to help a loved one with depression

In the book Depression Canceled, psychotherapist Richard O’Connor argues that when communicating with friends, colleagues, relatives, a depressed person makes many mistakes that can aggravate the disease. But at the same time, a depressed person really needs support and social contacts. So what is the right strategy: stay alone or learn to interact with other […]

Antidepression – Mission Possible

Depression is a severe and common illness. There are many reasons – the economic crisis, problems at work, misunderstanding of relatives and loved ones, eternal dissatisfaction with oneself. Depression can be hereditary, atypical, psychosomatic, seasonal, postpartum , etc. In the book, all aspects, causes and consequences are considered in detail. But we are not talking […]

TMS for the treatment of depression – research and application of the method

According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, the number of people in the world suffering from depression is increasing every year. For example, if in the early 90s in developed countries up to 20% of the population sought medical help in connection with this diagnosis, then by the end of the 90s this […]

TMS for depression

Recently, the incidence of depression has been growing, the World Health Organization (WHO) compares depression with an epidemic, according to WHO, by 2020, depression will take first place in the ranking of all diseases, ahead of the pathology of the cardiovascular system and infectious diseases. Today, depression has become the most common disease among women. […]

Alzheimer’s disease – manifestations, diagnosis

Alzheimer’s disease or senile dementia is a common neurodegenerative disease. It most often affects people over 65 years of age, regardless of gender. At the beginning of the 21st century, more than 30 million people on Earth suffer from pathology. Every year the number of patients increases, especially in developed countries. Description of pathology The […]

Biofeedback therapy

Biofeedback is one of the most common methods of restorative treatment in neurology without the use of drugs. The impetus for the development of this technique was given by digital technologies and doctors who were able to apply new opportunities in clinical practice. Definition and essence of the method To clearly understand what it is, […]