At the beginning of the twentieth century, in 1909, the Hungarian doctor Rezs?Balint described a clinical picture already observed in the late 19th century, called optical ataxia, which made it hard for him to catch objects accurately because his eyes and hands did not move inward. years later, this condition was called Balint syndrome. Smith, […]
What is restless legs syndrome? It’s 12:25 a. m. I try to sleep, but it’s impossible. Every time my body and mind touch sleep, a tingling starts running down my legs, I need to move them. I lift one leg and shake it in the air, lift the other and repeat the same movement, it
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Delirant syndrome – or delusional disorder or persistent-minded disorder – poses a major challenge for the science that studies the mind, no one has managed to accurately classify the disease, nor do we know the cause, so interventions are not very successful. Those with delirant syndrome have strange ideas or interpretations in the face of
Panic syndrome in children is not materially different from panic syndrome in adults. Perhaps the most differentiating element is the various interpretations of symptoms. But first, let’s see what panic syndrome is. Panic syndrome is an anxiety disorder. Anxiety is a human emotion, very human, consists of an activation of the autonomous nervous system in
Popularly, we use the phrase “to be dead?” describe a tendency that many people practice in the face of loss of hope and the inability to find horizons and reasons to exist. It is a way of speaking that, of course, does not reflect a situation in which the person is truly dead. However, there
Currently, restless legs syndrome is one of the most common neurological disorders, characterized by a very uncomfortable tingling and itching in the legs and the need to move them to find relief, it is also a condition that not only affects night rest: its impact on the emotional state of the patient is also evident.
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These days, we connect both online and offline. With the popularization of new technologies and, in particular, social media, digital media has become a new space for interaction. In this new digital world, FOMO syndrome, an acronym for “fear of missing out,” is gaining ground. This new disorder is characterized by a social fear that
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If you are an art lover and you are impressed by a beautiful job or you get goose bumps when you enter a prestigious museum, congratulations!That’s right. However, there are some extremely sensitive people who, in these situations, have symptoms of Stendhal syndrome, or also known as Florence syndrome, traveler’s stress or museum disease. This
Some mental disorders are well known and therefore less complicated to detect, however, there are other disorders that, because they are not very visible in society, can feel for a long time without the person being able to recognize their symptoms. case, for example, of olfactory reference syndrome, a curious psychological disorder that few people
Phantom vibration syndrome is one of the most blunt evidence of how technology has invaded the human psyche: technological devices are no longer external objects that we access when we need them, but gradually become, almost literally, part of our body. Having the feeling that the mobile phone is vibrating, without actually happening, is what
