Features of cognitive dysfunction in patients with depressive disorder and cerebrovascular pathology

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How does the brain affect cardiovascular health?

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What is a real effectiveness of the behavioral counseling to promote a healthy lifestyle?

Short description of behavioral counseling and its effectiveness in prevention of cardiometabolic diseases.

Published: 2017-09-13

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Prevalence of mental disorders among refugees

The European migrant crisis is one of the 21st century’s biggest challenges so far. Forced migration touches millions of peoples’ life. Some societies have sent many immigrants abroad, some have received or hosted, and still others have been in transit along paths of migration. Refugee mental health is a psychiatric challenge of the century. The demand for mental healthcare among people fleeing war and persecution can only grow further. 

Published: 2017-09-11

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New clinical guidelines for management of patients with arterial hypertension and diabetes from ADA

BP main goals, hypertension diagnosis and treatment were considered.

Published: 2017-09-10

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Mindfulness is effective in chronic pain

A new meta-analysis has shown the method efficacy in reducing pain intensity, depression symptoms, and improving quality of life. 

Published: 2017-09-04

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Life expectancy in HIV-infected individuals after the start of antiretroviral therapy

According to a new study, the life expectancy of HIV-infected people after the start of ART for the last 2 decades has increased significantly.

Published: 2017-08-31

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Optimal target blood pressure level for elderly with hypertension

Target pressure <140/90 mm Hg allows better prevention of cardiovascular events, but this requires a more detailed examination.

Published: 2017-08-24

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Cochrane Review: There is no evidence for the effectiveness of baclofen in alcoholic addiction

Cochrane systematic review couldn't find evidence of the effectiveness of baclofen in alcohol dependence for abstinence syndrome.

Published: 2017-08-22

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Google Trends as a method for prediction of suicide rates

The new study was intended to determine the validity of this method.

Published: 2017-08-18

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Effects of antihypertensive therapy on health

Antihypertensive therapy has only a minimal positive effect on health in people with hypertension without concomitant deseases. 

Published: 2017-08-17

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Recent Articles

  1. Quality of life and compliance in geriatric patients

    Kalugin I.
    Older adults usually have more than one chronic disease. In most cases, each condition requires constant pharmacotherapy. On average, the clinical examination of patients aged 60 and older reveals at least four or five different chronic pathological states in various phases and stages. Disease interference changes the classical clinical picture, increases the number of complications and their severity, affects the quality of life and prognosis, as a result - complicated medical diagnostic process and reduced compliance. The presence in the elderly both mental and physical illness significantly affects the quality of life. Psychological interventions aimed at a patient's awareness of the disease and methods of its treatment, the creation of therapeutic alliance and the prevention of self-medication, according to our hypothesis, contributes to compliance and quality of life improvement in polymorbid elderly patients suffering from mental disorders.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-09-30e020375

  2. Features of cognitive dysfunction in patients with depressive disorder and cerebrovascular pathology

    Prokhorova O.
    In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of older adults, and, at the same time, the accumulation of mental and somatic diseases inherent in these age categories. Depression, dementia and cardiovascular disease continue to occupy leading positions. Executive dysfunction syndrome in patients with the organic depressive disorder and cerebrovascular pathology is one of the pathognomonic features of impairment of higher brain functions in subcortical ischemic depression, which is important for the prognosis of the disease, provision of timely medical care, development of preventive measures and improvement of patients' quality of life.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-09-07e020337

  3. Quality of life in patients with comorbid current rheumatoid arthritis and arterial hypertension

    Pekhenko V., Alifer O.
    Much attention is paid to comorbid states, which have a mutually burdensome, provoke exacerbations, impede the completion of full remission, and lead to the development of complications. Such pathology has a particular impact on the functional capabilities of the body, it leads to a patient's lifestyle modification and triggers the problem of social adaptation and deterioration of the quality of life (QOL).
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-07-12e020332

  4. Treatment of anxiety-depressive disorders in patients with chronic pain

    Sapon D.
    The problem of the treatment of anxiety-depressive disorders in chronic pain is not solved, considering the significant somatization of psychopathological manifestations in dorsalgia and fibromyalgia; triggering and aggravating role of stress; lack of clear clinical recommendations for the management of patients with combined disease states.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-06-21e020231

  5. Сlinical case: social load is the predictor and preventer of somatization

    Romaniv O., Pohoriliak K.
    Somatization can lead to social dysfunction, problems at a workplace and increase the health care use. Thus, it is both clinical and public health problem. It is incredibly problem understand the psychosomatic disorders, especially in Ukraine. This article discusses the clinical care of a person who has sufficient level of social status and professional development, long suffering from anxiety-depressive disorders with somatic symptoms. The level of social load greatly influences to disorder severity, alternatively as the predictor and preventer of clinical features.
    Clinical Case Studies
    Published:2017-06-13020228

  6. Psychological help in oncology practice

    Mukharovska I.
     The psychological effects of cancer and its treatment on the patients, their families, and healthcare workers point the need to develop a program of psychological interventions for use in oncology practice.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-04-27e020219

  7. Evaluation of the evoked brain potentials of patients with asthenia and anxiety symptoms and the partial loss of sight

    Abdryakhimova T., Abdryakhimov R., Snegir A., Kleban K., Mukharovska I.
     Vision loss, even partial, especially in adulthood, is accompanied by emotional, motivational and social consequences that directly affect the psychophysiological state of the individual himself, his communication in society and, often, the social status of the subject.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-03-31020126

  8. Сlinical case: From appendicitis to suicide

    Romaniv O., Pohoriliak K., Ustyugova M.
    For retrospective WHO estimates more and more groups of diseases related to psychosomatic diseases. The clinical case shows the development of psychosomatic diseases and circulation accent patient experiences between somatic and mental suffering, which seriously affects the quality of life and prognosis of health.
    Clinical Case Studies
    Published:2017-03-29020122

  9. The syndrome of emotional burnout in oncologists and ways to overcome

    Koval I.
     The emotional burnout negatively affects health and professional activity of medical workers. There is a need to improve psychological knowledge and skills, necessary to cope with occupational stress, in medical personnel, especially those, working in oncology.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-03-28e020125

  10. Freiburg Personality Inventory for assessment of the police officers

    Omelyanovich V.
     Psychological and psychiatric work activity support of law enforcement officers is a basic component for the efficient functioning of the internal affairs institutions. Improvement of this work is impossible without increasing the effectiveness of the personnel psychological selection.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-03-25e020120

  11. Adaptation of BRIAN-interview (Ukranian language version) for biological rhythms assessment at acute psychosis patients

    Tarasov V., Orlova N.
    In the last years, the scientific interest in studying human biological rhythms have renewed with the increase in number of publications devoted to people’s “internal rhythms”. For psychological practice, it is necessary to determine the patient’s condition qualitatively and quantitatively. So, we offer an adapted Ukrainian language version of the BRIAN-interview. This is a pilot study, aimed to evaluate general structure, reliability, and validity of the scale and its items.
    Research Articles
    Published:2017-03-02e020116

  12. Сognitive-behavioral therapy in generalized anxiety disorder

    Burda H.
    Generalized anxiety disorder - is a common disease, which is quite difficult diagnosed and treated. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is indicated to patients with GAD as a first-line method. This article provides an overview of the principles, advantages and evidence of the effectiveness of this type of therapy. Although cognitive behavioral therapy has advantage over other types of therapy for GAD, this issue requires further research, because there are problems such as a high percentage of patients interrupting therapy and relatively low percentage of clinically meaningful improvement.
     
    Reviews
    Published:2017-02-13e020117

Editorials, Commentaries & Education

  1. How does the brain affect cardiovascular health?

    Bezsheiko V.
    In the article the mechanisms of stress response regulation by the brain are reviewed, as well as the data from a new study in this area, which was focused on a detailed analysis of brain activity changes in people with excessive cardiovascular stress response.
    Editorials & Commentaries
    Published:2017-08-28e020368

  2. Some new approaches for prevention of schizophrenia spectrum disorders in patients exposed to exogenous stressors

    Dzeruzhinska N., Martsenkovsky I., Kramar J.
    Environment factors affect to the clinical phenotype of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
    Editorials & Commentaries
    Published:2017-08-21e020335

  3. Resistant depression: criteria for determination, risk factors and therapeutic strategies

    Khaustova O.
    Therapy of resistant depression raises a number of diagnostic and therapeutic problems, requires the solution of a number of methodological issues. A scientific discussion continues around the definition of depression resistance, assessment of the degree of reduction of depressive symptoms, the level of social and role functioning of patients; the improvement of models for determining the degree of resistance to various types of depression therapy continues; new methods of therapy and new algorithms of combined therapy are being developed. The ultimate goal of all these efforts should be practical recommendations for determining therapeutic options for the treatment of patients with resistant depression, which will help doctors make informed decisions on intervention strategies.
    Editorials & Commentaries
    Published:2017-07-14e020338

  4. Comparative effectiveness of interventions for treatment of overweight and obesity

    Bezsheiko V.
    Overweight and obesity are amongst most common problems of our time and have a significant negative impact on somatic health. Recently have been published several systematic reviews and meta-analysis that evaluated the effectiveness of various methods for overweight and obesity treatment. These studies are not yet included in the clinical guidelines, but might contain important results.
    Editorials & Commentaries
    Published:2017-06-30e020233

  5. A new request to the social psychiatry in Ukraine: stress-related disorders and PTSD, are we ready?

    Chaban O.
    In early 2014 resulted by the outbreak of conflict in eastern Ukraine 823,000 people became internally displaced, according to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service. All of the above requires a new assessment of the state of people in a situation of chronic stress and distress taking into account their mentality, psychological amortization properties and social situation. We need systematic training of specialists in the field of acute stress and PTSD, with following consistent professional development. It is necessary to develop a national protocol for PTSD management and to implement an appropriate modernization of the Ukrainian health care system.
    Editorials & Commentaries
    Published:2017-06-10e020230

  6. Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

    Dammann G.
    This a video is one of the series of lectures about personality disorders. It covers the concept of narcissism and the concept of narcissism personality disorder.  The lecture is mainly focused on the differences between normal and pathological narcissism as well as etiology, diagnosis and practical recommendations on treatment of narcissism personality disorder.
    Education
    Published:2017-04-26e020229

  7. Trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder

    Müller J.
    Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a widespread condition, that affects near 20% of individuals, exposed to traumatic event. Moreover, recent studies suggest, that it has a tendency for chronic course and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events. According to clinical guidelines as first line therapy for PTSD trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy or eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy must be used. In this educational course are presented highlights of 2-day trauma-focused cognitive therapy training, including PTSD symptoms, overall CBT methods overview, theoretical and practical implications.
    Education
    Published:2017-04-14e020227

  8. Pharmacotherapy versus psychological interventions in recurrent abdominal pain: in light of new evidence

    Bezsheiko V.
    Chronic or recurrent abdominal pain is a relevant problem, which affects more than 15% of children, adolescents and young people. Organic reason for this pain can't be found in most cases. Recently published studies have questioned the traditional treatment schema with prescribing antispasmodics, antidepressants and other traditional drugs and shifted focus towards psychological interventions.
    Editorials & Commentaries
    Published:2017-02-16e020118

  9. Adaptation of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale and PTSD Checklist for Ukrainian population

    Bezsheiko V.
    At present, the vast majority of modern techniques for the diagnosis of post-traumatic states focused not on the classification of ICD (International Classification of Diseases - 10), developed by WHO, but on the DSM (Diagnostic and statistical tools for mental disorders). Recently was published 5th revision of DSM, in which the diagnostic criteria for PTSD significantly changed. In the current global context instead of four clusters of symptoms in previous DSM, DSM-5 also have fifth. It included claster with negative alterations in mood and cognition. These changes were triggered by the views of experts in the field of cognitive-behavioral therapy - basic scientific proven treatment of posttraumatic stress. Scales for assessing PTSD - CAPS-5 (Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5) and PCL-5 (PTSD Checklist for DSM-5) also have changed. Due to the high relevance of timely diagnosis and assessment of PTSD in Ukraine there is a need for translation and adaptation of scales for use in Ukrainian population.
    Currently we have translated and adapted these scales provided by the National Center for PTSD in the United States (National Center for PTSD). Reliability and validity CAPS-5 and PCL-5 assessed in the study "The effectiveness of short-term cognitive behavioral therapy for PTSD". According to the pre-processed data reliability (α-Cronbach) and validity similar to those obtained in the US population. Publishing of final results is planned for 2017. 
    Editorials & Commentaries
    Published:2016-09-19e010108