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The article is dealing with the problemacy of delusions and overvalued ideas. Attention is devoted to several terminological remarks concerning these phenomena, their definitions and views on their origin. Besides the classical division of delusions into the three classical types (delusions of grandeur, depressive and persecutory delusions) less typical delusion-like terms are mentioned. The overvalued ideas may border with psychopathology, nevertheless they do not usually exceed the limits of normality. Some social phenomena in connection with overvalued ideas (phanatism, terrorism) need not be medicinized.
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The author describes studies of therapeutic efficaccy of antidepressants in the treatment of male sexual dysfunction. Antidepressants stimulating sexual activity (moclobemide, bupropion, trazodone) demonstrate good results in the therapy of decreased libido and erectile dysfunction, serotonergic antidepressants are used in the treatment of premature ejaculation.
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The article deals about delirias – about their occurence, clinical picture, ethiology, diagnostics and the possibilities of therapy. This clinical unit is still unappreciated and disregarded. Delirias represents the serious clinical states, which make the prognose of survive worse. They are non-specific reactions on the different noxes, for instance hypoxia, metabolic disorders, dehydratation. It’s possible to avoid some delirias by in time provided therapy of somatic disorders, by avoiding of polyphragmasy and using of unsuitable drug therapy, by sufficient hydratation and alimentation of patients.
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In theory, agitation and nervousness that occur in some children treated SSRIs might increase their risk of suicidal behavior, self-injury or of harming others. On the other hand, no evidence has shown that increased agitation with SSRIs is synonymus with suicidal behavior, and no suicides have occured in more than 4 000 children and adolescents studied in SSRI clinical trials.
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A treatment with antipsychotic drugs is associated with an increased risk of a venous thrombosis. The biological mechanism responsible for this possible adverse drug reaction is unknown, but the number of explaining hypotheses is growing. Some abnormalities of coagulation or a stasis of blood flow are considered. The influence of the life-style of patients with the long-term antipsychotic therapy can’t be neglected. In most cases, there are additional risk factors. Double-blind studies still failed to prove a possible connection between an increased risk of a venous thromboembolism and the treatment with antipsychotics drugs as yet. We present...
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