Psychiatry for Practice, 2007, issue 3

Editorial

Luhačovice psychiatrické

MUDr. RNDr. Jan Sikora CSc

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 103

Review articles

The treatment with antipsychotic medications in pregnancy and lactation

MUDr. Dagmar Seifertová CSc, MUDr. Pavel Mohr Ph.D, MUDr. Věra Strunzová, MUDR. PhDr. Pavel Čepický CSc

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3

The review article presents available information about treatment with antipsychotics in pregnancy and in breastfeeding females. The interdisciplinary cooperation between a psychiatrist, a gynaecologist, an obstetrician and a neonatologist is emphasized. The article is based also on our own experience from the clinic for pregnant and breastfeeding females in a psychiatry centre in Prague.

Obsessive-compulsive spectrum

MUDr. Karel Chromý CSc

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 109-110

The concept of the obsessive-compulsive spectrum stems from the putative relatedness of some disorders (obsessive-compulsive, impulsive, and compulsive-impulsive) classified currently under different headings. In spite of some reservations the concept brings interresting suggestions especially for the pharmacotherapy of subsumed disorders.

Atypical antipsychotics like a mood stabilisers

MUDr. Klára Látalová, doc. MUDr. Vladimír Pidrman Ph.D

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 111-114

Bipolar affective disorder (BAD) is complex and serious mental disorder characterized by variety of symptoms. Treatment of BAD derive benefit from a wide spectrum of medicaments, inclusive of lithium, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, hypnotics and, of course, typical and atypical antipsychotics. The aim of successful is not only encompassment of acute phase, but firstly achievement of remission, prevention of relapse and long-time maintenance. Atypical antipsychotics are available realize, to measure, all of these requests. Atypical antipsychotics have antimanic, antidepressive and mood stabilizing effect. We have no optimal medication...

Psychogenic non-epileptic dissociative seizures, most frequent imitators of epilepsy

doc. MUDr. Jiří Hovorka CSc, MUDr. Tomáš Nežádal, MUDr. Michal Bajaček, MUDr. Erik Herman

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 115-118

In our paper clinical characteristics of psychogenic, non-epileptic seizures are presented. Some our clinical experiences are discussed, including typical case studies.

Sleep and its most frequent disturbances

MUDr. Martin Pretl CSc

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 126-128

Updated International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD – 2) from 2005 year leaves classical dividing to dyssomnias and parasomnias and classify sleep disorders into eight main groups – 1) insomnia; 2) sleep related breathing disorders; 3) hypersomnias of central origin; 4) circadian rhythm sleep disorders; 5) parasomnias; 6) sleep realted movement disorders; 7) isolated symptoms, apparently normal variants and unresolved issues; 8) other sleep disorders. The most frequent disorders (unless insomnia) are mentioned including diagnosis and therapy with regard to psychiatric questions in article.

Mixed Dementia

MUDr. Jiří Konrád

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 129-132

Author features survey of attitudes on dilemmas in differential diagnosis of various dementia types and mixed dementia.

Case report

Naše zkušenosti s atypickými sexuálními projevy mladistvých

MUDr. Petra Sejbalová, MUDr. Helena Reguli

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 135-137

Lázeňská léčba pacientů s psychickými poruchami

MUDr. Jaroslav Novotný, MUDr. Jiří Vařeka, MUDr. Jan Kubánek, doc. MUDr. Jarmila Plevová CSc

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 138-140

Lykantropia na prelome tisícročí

MUDr. Ludvík Nábělek, MUDr. Ján Vondrej

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 133-134

Psychopharmacology

Dosage of lamotrigine

prof. MUDr. Eva Češková CSc

Psychiatr. pro Praxi, 2007; 3: 141-144

Lamotrigine, a new antiepileptic drug, is also a well-established drug in psychiatry. Its main indication is the bipolar disorder, but lamotrigine has been tried in other indications as well, for example as an augmentation in both pharmacoresistant depressive and schizophrenic disorders. Lamotrigine is a promising drug due to its mechanism of action and profile of side effects. Nowadays, lamotrigine is supplied under various trade names by many generic pharmaceutical companies. However, so far the optimal effective dose is not entirely clear. Most of the open and controlled studies have shown that the daily dose after the titration should not be lower...