Assessment of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia

doc. MUDr. Libuše Stárková, CSc.

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(2e)  

Main aim of this article is to inform pediatrists about our actual view on the clinical picture, epidemiology, pathophysiology and diagnosticprocedures of ADHD and about the therapeutic approaches to this disorder. According to DSM 5, revised diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, we accept ADHD as a neurodevelopmental disorder with common onset in childhood and lifelong duration in at least at halfof the patients. ADHD can be result in various consequent problems in adult life e.g. emotional, relational or social. Hyperactivity is often thefirst symptom in early childhood, severe inattention with some consequences in academic performance...

ADHD – ADHD and the possibility of alternative therapies

MUDr. Jana Trebatická, Ph.D., doc. MUDr. Igor Škodáček, CSc.

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(2e): e11-e17 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.036  

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most frequent mental disorders in children and adolescents. ADHD is a complex disorder withhigh polygenetic hereditary burden and multifactorial etiology. Research suggests that in addition to the known factors that contribute to the pathogenesisof ADHD (genetic, neurobiochemic, structural, environmental) also oxidative stress plays an important role. In patients with ADHD raised, unchanged, ordecreased oxidative stress markers were identified compared to healthy subjects. Compounds with antioxidant properties include also natural polyphenolicsubstances, which may exhibit in vivo also biomodulating...

Work ability in cancer survivors

Veronika Šutorová, Marta Romaňáková

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(2e)  

Re-entry to work in cancer survivors is difficult and it became society-wide issue. Disability and invalidity concerns nearly fifty percent patients.The cause concerns not just the oncological illness (side effects, functional disorders), but mostly attached mental disorders as anxiety anddepression diseases. To solve the problem we recommend keeping an eye and select patiens under the risk of suffering from mental failureand work disability, advise them to visit psychotherapeutic care during whole oncological care, not just in time up to asking for work disability.

Prejudices, discrimination and stigmatization as serious ethical problems associated with the treatment of the mentally ill

Mgr. Miroslav Škoda

Psychiatr. praxi 2016; 17(2e): e24-e34 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2016.042  

The paper deals with three negative phenomena accompanying the treatment of a mentally ill patient. These are prejudices, discriminationand stigmatization. The paper concerns the origin of these phenomena and their mutual connections. It generally describes possible solutionsand ways out of the problems related to these three negative phenomena affecting both patients and their closest. It also presents anexemplary problem of (de)stigmatization of people with schizophrenia. It reflects the ethical implications resulting from the manifestations of prejudice, discrimination and stigmatization as well as their social anchorage. It highlights the need...

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