How Antabuse Works in Alcoholism Treatment. Disulfiram (Antabuse) is used as a supplementary treatment for alcoholism. In combination with alcohol disulfiram causes the so-called antabuse reaction, which in mild cases, manifests small indisposition in the severe – a feeling of heat, throbbing headache, feeling of lack of air and dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, sweating, chest pain, palpitation, hypotension, [...]

At the end of the psychotic spectrum, people are much more devastated and disorganized. Psychoanalysis of an agitated patient can vary from a pleasant conversation to the possibility to become a victim of the attack which has its purpose to murder. Before the antipsychotic drugs in the 1950s, few therapists had a natural talent of [...]

Emil Kraepelin is considered the father of modern diagnostic classification, where he tried to study those who suffer from emotional disorders and disturbances in thinking, in order to identify common symptoms and general characteristics. In addition, he developed a theory of their cause, allocating treatable and incurable illnesses. It is interesting that he included a [...]

How often we hear remarks about this content:” You have depression! You need a psychologist, or, you need psychological counseling”. Sometimes we come to such an understanding and begin to look for a good professional – a therapist, psychologist, or analyst (following the books and movies of Freud information). What is a psychological counseling? How [...]

What Causes Mental and behavioral disorders due to use of sedatives and hypnotics Substances. What are the symptoms, how to diagnose and how to treat these disorders. In high doses, benzodiazepines, barbiturates produce a narcotic effect. They interact with receptors on gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). This leads to a hyperpolarization of the cell and lowers the threshold for [...]