Author: Dr. Mari Terzaghi

What is Cyclothymia? Cyclothymia is a state of chronic mood instability with multiple episodes of mild depression and mild elation. The prevalence of cyclothymia in the population is 3-6%. What provokes / Causes of Cyclothymia

What is Dissociative Seizures? Dissociative seizures (pseudo-fits) are seizures that very accurately mimic an epileptic seizure, but without life-threatening manifestations (dangerous falls, biting of the tongue, loss of consciousness is absent and memory is kept

What is Schizophrenia? The risk of developing schizophrenia is 1%, and the incidence is 1 case per 1000 population per year. The risk of developing schizophrenia increases with consanguineous marriages, with burden of the disease

What are Childhood-Specific Emotional Disorders? The diagnosis of emotional (neurotic) disorder is widely used in child psychiatry. In frequency of occurrence, it is second only to behavioral disorders. Causes of Child-Specific Emotional Disorders In some

What is a Memory and Attention Disorder? Memory is the process of accumulation, retention and reproduction of information. Dysmnesias are distinguished: hypermnesia, hypomnesia, amnesia, displacement and paramnesia phenomena: confabulation, pseudo-reminiscence, echomnesia, palimpsest. Attention – focus

What is Vascular Dementia? Dementia is an acquired mental disorder, manifested by a decrease in intelligence and violating the social adaptation of the patient (making him incapable of professional activity, the possibility of self-care is

What is Somatized Disorder? Somatized disorder (Briquet’s syndrome) is a mental disorder.The main symptom is the presence of multiple, recurring and often mutating somatic symptoms, usually with a successive survey it is possible to identify

What is West Syndrome? It appears in children aged 3 to 7 months of life, more often in boys. Causes of West Syndrome It belongs (like Lennox-Gastaut syndrome) to multifactorial epilepsies. In the International Classification