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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 is Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder? Highlights: impulsive type (F60.30) and borderline type of emotionally unstable personality disorder (F60.31). Causes of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder Genetic soil and lack of attention education. Dominated by families

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

Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease PET scans of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease show a decline in activity in the temporal lobes. The clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is usually based on the patient’s history (a

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 Specific Speech Articulation Disorder? It is characterized by frequent and repeated violation of speech sounds. The child’s use of sounds below the level corresponding to his mental age – that is, the child’s

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 are Somatoform Disorders? This group of disorders is mainly associated with psychological causes and external factors, and the relative nature of the trauma must be taken into account. Psychotraumatic irritants: information about family or

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