It is appropriate to divide the description of exacerbation of schizophrenia into two subtopics:    The first psychotic episode, the deployment of which often begins treatment and is first diagnosed.   Exacerbations (relapses) of

Depression in old age is very common. We can say that in people over 55 years old, this is the most common ailment. According to the World Health

Depression is a recurring illness. The risk of recurrent depression after suffering the first depressive attack is 50-70%. Therefore, an important condition for effective treatment of depression is the

Many patients with schizophrenia have neurological symptoms. They can be identified using special scales and be one of the markers of schizophrenia. Neurological disorders are a manifestation

Until now, schizophrenia is considered a functional psychosis, without any changes in the structure of the brain. But with the development of neuroimaging techniques, scientists began to find

DNA deletions and duplications refer to copy number variant mutations. They can affect one gene and dozens of genes. These changes can lead to various defects in

How firmly this completely medical word has entered our everyday language! A slightly bad mood, lasting a day or two – problems at work, disagreements in the family … who doesn’t have them? – and immediately

Psychotherapy for depressive states is possible in various forms: individual, family and group.     The group form of psychotherapy gives patients additional opportunities to overcome their interpersonal problems in social situations.

Biological treatments for depression primarily include pharmacological therapy. At the same time, for the biological treatment of depressive spectrum disorders, the following can be used: electroconvulsive therapy, sleep deprivation, phototherapy,

In the medical literature, one can find some differences in the reported incidence rates of depression, a tendency to expand the range of their fluctuations and a progressive increase in