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By Dott.ssa Gloria Vannini
27.06.22
Psychiatry

Families in transformation and the personalization process in adolescence

In the last twenty years there has been a notable change in traditional family structures. Separations and divorces of married couples have increased. It often happens that in elementary school classes the number of children of separated children is equal to or greater than that of children from families with cohabiting parents (married or not).

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By Dott.ssa Désirée Harnic
17.06.22
Psychiatry

Bipolar Disorder: What Is It All About?

When a person suffers from periods of depression alternating with periods of hypomania or normal mood, we are faced with a condition called bipolar disorder. People are strongly advised not to try to self-diagnose by reading on the Internet or on Social Networks because the diagnostic criteria, which are perfectly stated, are taken literally and, in reality, there is no "textbook" patient otherwise individuality would not exist. of each, nor would it make sense to have professionals who deal with them specifically. We investigate this pathology with the intervention of Dr. Désirée Harnic, specialist in Psychiatry in Rome

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By Dott. Pier Luigi Marconi
03.06.22
Psychiatry

Neuroscience: the new frontier

Today talking about Neuroscience is like talking about many of the things that characterize the contemporary world. They are born from Psychiatry and Neurology, but then, passing from the sphere of Anatomy and Biochemistry to that of Mental Functions, they encountered Experimental Psychology. In the second half of the twentieth century, Neuroscience found two essential partners in Mathematics and Automatic Computing, contributing to the formation of a new branch of technology: Artificial Intelligence. Finally, at the beginning of the 21st century, Neuroscience cannot avoid integrating with the new approaches of Natural Sciences, such as Complex Systems Theory and Quantum Physics. Physics, Philosophy and Neuroscience are the pillars of a new culture of post-modern man, who enters into dialogue with the other powerful attraction of the life sciences: Genetics. So let's delve into the topic in this short article

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By Prof. Giovanni D'Attoma
13.05.22
Psychiatry

Depression: the disease of modernity!

Depression has been defined by psychologists, scientists and journalists as the disease of the 21st century. How can we distinguish it and why does depression occur? Prof. Giovanni D’Attoma talks about it

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By Prof. Roberto Pani
14.04.22
Psychiatry

The psychological consequences of Covid-19

Two years after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the psychological consequences of the virus are increasingly evident. Several patients of Dr. Roberto Pani showed depressive-melancholic psychic states with a very wide range of symptoms

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By Prof. Giovanni D'Attoma
08.04.22
Psychiatry

From fear to phobia: when does it become pathological?

The great majority of the world population suffers from unexplained fears or phobias: agoraphobia, germophobia, arachnophobia are just some of the many. But what are fears? Why are they so present in our lives? Neuropsychiatrist Prof. D’Attoma explains it to us in this article

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By Prof. Giovanni D'Attoma
24.02.22
Psychiatry

Alzheimer's causes and treatments: what do we know?

In the previous article we studied Alzheimer's disease together with Prof. Giovanni D’Attoma and what tools we have to diagnose it. We will see here, instead, what are the causes of the disease and what methods of treatment we have today

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By Dott. Roberto Gianni
17.02.22
Psychiatry

Considerations in the symptoms and treatment of panic attacks

Dr. Roberto Gianni illustrates the implications that the pandemic has had on the population in relation to the onset of anxiety disorders and panic disorders. Let's find out together what are the triggered factors, symptoms and treatments

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By Prof. Giovanni D'Attoma
19.01.22
Psychiatry

An immersion into the depths of dementia

Alzheimer's, like other types of dementia, is not necessarily fatal, but it has the power to completely disconnect the patient from their identity and social relationships. This pathology was identified for the first time in 1901 and, nowadays, its incidence seems to increase more and more in Western countries

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By Prof. Giovanni D'Attoma
13.12.21
Psychiatry

The "imaginary patient": when the body suffers from anxiety!

By attending your GP's surgery, you will surely have noticed patients who complain of ailments such as belly swelling, generalized pain, dizziness, nausea, problems in the sexual sphere (etc.). But, despite the efforts and the many treatments, they are unable to improve! Will they be manifestations of different pathologies? Will it be an imaginary pathology? Or will they be ostentatious symptoms of a psychosomatic illness?

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