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Overdoses of cocaine (English)

2011/10/02 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know that….. Overdoses of cocaine produces tremors, convulsion and delirium ?. Death may be due to cardiovascular collapse or respiratory failure.

Clasificado en: Drogodependencias, English Tags: abstinence syndrome, cardiovascular collapse, cocaine, convulsion, death., delirium, drug, Overdoses of cocaine, respiratory failure, tremors

The Crack (English)

2011/09/27 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know that….. Crack is the “Free base” of the cocaine ?. The Crack is smoked and produces a very high concentrations of cocaine in plas

Clasificado en: Drogodependencias, English Tags: cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, cocaine, concentrations of cocaine, crack, drug, free base, Free base of the cocaine

Research of the Cortex (English)

2011/09/23 By Dra Moya Guirao

Topic: Research of the Cortex. Nowadays there are renowned research centers in our country where researchers do a great work. The results of their studies are p

Clasificado en: Curiosidades, English Tags: auditory attention, auditory cortex, brain drain, British Medical Journal, IDIBAPS, Nature, neurological diseases, neuronal adaptation, neurons, neurophysiological mechanisms, research, research centers, Research of the Cortex

The Panic Attack (English)

2011/09/19 By Dra Moya Guirao

Topic : The Panic Attack. The Panic Attack is a painful experience where the person feels a subjective sense of terror and eminent catastrophe for no evident

Clasificado en: English, Psicopatología Tags: butterflies in the stomach, eminent catastrophe, feeling of unreality, Hyperventilation, lose consciousness, painful experience, Panic attack, precordial pain, respiratory alkalosis, sense of air hunger, subjective sense of terror, symptoms

Masturbation (English)

2011/09/16 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know ….. masturbation was considered a perversion in ancient times?. For centuries many people, including doctors, thought that masturbation could

Clasificado en: English, Sexualidad Tags: doctors, humans, masturbation, mental illness, normal sexual activity, organic diseases, perversion, sexuality

Borderline Personality Disorder or Borderline Syndrome

2011/09/07 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know that….. M. Shmideberg, said that Borderline Personality Disorder or Borderline Syndrome is a clinical entity that contains elements of neuros

Clasificado en: English, Psicopatología Tags: antisocial behavior, anxiety, Borderline personality disorder, Borderline Syndrome, hostility, lack of concentration, lack of self control, M. Shmideberg, negativism, peculiar behavior

Morphine

2011/08/30 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know that….. At the beginning of the nineteenth century Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1841), a german pharmacist, isolated an active constituent from

Clasificado en: Drogodependencias, English Tags: alkaloids, Codeine, drug, Friedrich Sertürner, medical properties, Morphine, opium, opium alkaloids, Papaverine, powerful analgesiccough centre

The Cocaine and the Incas

2011/08/18 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know that….. the leaves of the coca tree were used by the Incas in their religious rites ?. The Incas used to chew coca leaves. In the middle of t

Clasificado en: Drogodependencias, English Tags: anesthetic properties, coca, coca tree, French botanist, Incas, Joseph de Jussieu, Kohler, leaves of the coca, religious rites, Sigmund Freud

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

2011/08/16 By Dra Moya Guirao

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is characterized by the presence in the consciousness of recurrent thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive impulses or actions (compu

Clasificado en: English, Psicopatología Tags: anxiety, compulsions, compulsive acts, compulsive ideas, internal resistance, obsessions, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, obsessives ideas, OCD, psychotherapy

Breast Milk

2011/07/30 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you that….. Human milk contains nutritional substances ideal in quantity and quality for optimal growth and development of the infant ?. Breast milk c

Clasificado en: English, Psicología infantil Tags: breast milk, development of the infant, Human milk, John Bowlby, lactose, lipase, mammalian milk, monounsaturated fatty acids, neonatal enzymes, nutritional substances, optimal growth, René Spitz

Psychological Interview

2011/07/27 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know that….. In a Psychological Interview the psychologist must make clear questions ?. As the diagnosis is the interview’s goal, the durati

Clasificado en: English, ¿ Sabías que.... ? Tags: Diagnosis, family history, interview's goal, mood, Orientation to place, patient behavior, Psychological Interview, Psychologist, Social adaptation, symptoms

Phobic Disorders

2011/07/24 By Dra Moya Guirao

Did you know that….. Phobic Disorders are characterized by an irrational or exaggerated fears to situations, animals, or objects, not really dangerous in

Clasificado en: English, ¿ Sabías que.... ? Tags: anxiety, defensive maneuvers, exaggerated fears, fears, phobia, Phobic Disorders, phobic object, restrictions