Are psychiatric diagnoses “scientifically meaningless”?
English scientists believe that the classification of psychiatric disorders is not always relevant to assess mental health disorders. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Mental disorders: children exposed to air pollution would be more at risk
A new study suggests a link between exposure to air pollution in early childhood and the development of psychiatric disorders. ...
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Are you borderline?
Borderline, or "borderline personality", if we translate English! It's having a tendency to react more intensely than others, even to ...
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Hypnosis, a real medical discipline
Obesity, pain, addictions, stress... Proofs of its effectiveness are accumulating, making hypnosis a true medical discipline.It used to be practiced ...
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Psychiatry: dogs to help the sick
© iStockPhotosBringing dogs into hospital cancer wards is no longer a novelty. For several years now, Malinois shepherds have been ...
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Synesthesia: this blind man feels the “texture” of time
For the first time, a blind man able to feel the "texture" of numbers and days of the week has ...
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Please note that mental health applications also collect your personal data
Calm, BetterHelp, Youper, Better Stop Suicide... All these applications intended to take care of our mental health would not be ...
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How do we know if our shrink is right for us?
Find out about the different shrinks before making an appointment.The mental health of the French is deteriorating with the health ...
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Doctor, nurse, midwife…: the new face of those who care for us
Age, sex, numbers... the DREES tells us more about the profile of French health professionals, many of whom have been ...
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Post-traumatic stress: MDMA would have incredible potential to treat it
Patients suffering from post-traumatic stress have recovered thanks to the supervised intake of MDMA, a molecule currently consumed as a ...
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Depression increased in France between 2010 and 2017
The French are more likely to suffer from depression since 2010. Women, people on low incomes and the unemployed top ...
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Playing Violent Video Games Doesn’t Lead To Real-Life Violence
Contrary to what various studies have suggested so far, there is no evidence establishing a link between violence in video ...
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Postpartum depression: “A psychological dimension should be integrated into the maternity process”
What are the announcements of the Secretary of State for Children, Adrien Taquet, on the care of mothers with postpartum ...
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Murder of Sarah Halimi: what is an “acute delirious puff”?
On April 14, the Court of Cassation confirmed the criminal irresponsibility of the murderer of Sarah Halimi, who would have ...
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Psychiatric disorders: where do the differences between men and women come from?
They would be linked to genetics: certain genes would not be expressed in the same way according to sex. THE ...
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“In therapy” is a hit on Arte: is the series faithful to reality?
Doctor Fanny Jacq, psychiatrist and director of the mental health section at Qare, deciphers the Arte series "En Thérapie". Why ...
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Traumatic amnesia, scarifications, suicide attempts: the unvarnished account of a victim of incest
While the media denunciations multiply, Isabelle returns to the circumstances in which the facts of incest took place which had ...
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Hashtag #Metooincest: can we justify the crime with “parental alienation syndrome”?
Parental alienation syndrome (abbreviated as SAP) is a controversial psychiatric concept, and regularly mentioned in incest trials. THE ESSENTIAL Incest ...
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Can the sense of smell cure mental illnesses?
The study of the influence of odors on behavior, “aromachology”, is a very promising discipline.Long ignored in research, odors, especially ...
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What is “transcultural psychiatry”?
Taking an interest in cultural origin makes it possible to develop more appropriate psychiatric care in certain cases.We all grow ...
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What is “transcultural psychiatry”?
Taking an interest in cultural origin makes it possible to develop more appropriate psychiatric care in certain cases.We all grow ...
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Fear and anxiety, twin emotions in the brain?
If for a long time, scientists have thought that these two emotions are distinct, a study tends to prove that ...
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Ig-Nobel: do you know what misophonia is?
The Ig-Nobel 2020, a humorous but nevertheless serious scientific prize, has designated 10 winning scientific teams. The prize for medicine ...
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Psychiatric disorders: SMS can be used as therapy
In a clinical trial conducted in the United States, researchers found that this technique helped patients feel better. Will texting ...
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Professor Bernard Granger: “The crisis has shown what the hospital needs to do well”
After the coronavirus crisis which brought to light the weaknesses of our health system, and in the midst of “Ségur” ...
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Psychiatry: Adeline Hazan is indignant at the confinement conditions of certain patients
The Controller General of Places of Deprivation of Liberty (CGLPL) noted “serious violations of the fundamental rights” of patients in ...
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Hospital: psychiatric services lacking resources
Tuesday, June 16 was marked by a nationwide strike by hospital staff. Among the claims, the psychiatric service denounced a ...
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Pandemic and containment: “The psychiatric consequences are before us”
In a press release published on June 5, the FondaMental Foundation warns of the consequences of the pandemic and confinement ...
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Psychiatric disorders: how did the patients experience confinement?
During the confinement, people with mental disorders found themselves more isolated than ever and stopped consulting. A month later, psychiatrists ...
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Mental disorders: what about electroshock?
Electroconvulsive therapy has gradually made a comeback in psychiatric services in recent years. Update on this practice which, despite its ...
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