Tag: psychiatry
A blood test to help detect bipolar disorder arrives in France… We tell you everything
A simple blood test and four weeks later, your doctor tells you whether or not you have bipolar disorder. This test will be possible from April 1 in France. If…
Arte documentary: Until it doesn’t work anymore
In Paris, a psychiatrist tries not to go crazy himself in the ailing hospital system. The fantastic documentary “At the Limit”. source site
Praise for criticism. When people rethink their self-image – knowledge
Anyone who receives positive feedback is hardly willing to adapt their self-image to reality. If there are complaints, things look a little different. There is a gap in people’s lives.…
Psychiatry: How banned drugs will soon cure depression
Tutoring from dragons: There is increasing evidence that psychedelics could help against mental illnesses. Can many desperate patients finally hope for help? source site
Refugees: "Psychotherapy only occurs when a refugee is highly psychotic"
Previously, refugees had little access to psychotherapy for 18 months, but this period has now been extended to 36 months. Charité psychiatrist Meryam Schouler-Ocak fears dramatic consequences. source site
Music as a bridge to the brain – knowledge
When the brain has forgotten almost everything – what year it is, who the visitor is, even who it is – then there is still the music. Then the 85-year-old,…
Psychiatrist Marc Graf: “Churches are places that facilitate abuse” – Knowledge
Psychiatrist Marc Graf has treated many men who sexually abused children. In the interview he explains why people do things like this – and how it can be prevented. Thousands…
Anxiety attacks, nightmares… The trauma of a content moderator recognized as an “occupational illness”
This is a landmark court decision. Psychological disorders experienced by content moderators responsible for viewing shocking images must be considered an “occupational illness,” a Spanish judge has ruled in a…
“He described him as the most dangerous patient in France”… In the footsteps of Bosco Gonda
It is a striking dive into an unknown environment, or almost. An often fantasized environment, too. In A dangerous man (Ed. Goutte D’or), which has just been published, the journalist…
What protects teenagers from depression? Some prevention programs are harmful – health
Some plagues spread without microbes, organ decay and festering wounds. Mental illnesses are among those conditions that have seen rising case numbers for years. Even before Corona tore people from…