psychological

Alcohol: Psychological and Physical Effects

Brief overview Short-term positive effect: lifts the mood, relaxes, stimulating, anti-anxiety. Immediate negative effect: impaired perception, impaired coordination, memory lapses, slowed reactions, aggression, nausea, headaches, increased risk of accidents, alcohol intoxication, cardiac arrhythmia, coma Mental late effects: Depression, anxiety disorders How alcohol works Regardless of whether someone drinks a lot of alcohol on a regular … Alcohol: Psychological and Physical Effects

Neurodermatitis and Psyche

Neurodermatitis is the most common chronic disease in children. Estimates suggest that it affects up to 20 percent of children and 10 percent of adults in industrialized countries. Psychological problems – cause or consequence of neurodermatitis. Because of its diverse and complex tasks, the skin is not only the largest, but also the most important … Neurodermatitis and Psyche

Drinking and Driving

Especially during carnival, the good party mood can quickly topple: At the latest when the driver’s license is revoked because of drinking and driving. The subsequent car-free period must use the traffic offender to become clear about his drinking habits. Second chance “MPU” As a rule, the loss of a driver’s license is associated with … Drinking and Driving

Breast Cancer and Exercise: Doing Good for the Body

For the healing process in breast cancer, both the physical condition of the breast cancer patient and the mental state play a very important role. While still in the hospital, patients are given tips for subsequent rehabilitation measures, the main aim of which is to help them reintegrate quickly into working and social life. Exercise … Breast Cancer and Exercise: Doing Good for the Body

Trauma Medicine (Traumatology)

Even if the term sounds like it – traumatology has nothing to do with sweet dreams, but with painful reality. Its German counterpart, Unfallheilkunde, tends to evoke the right associations. Trauma in Greek means “wound, injury”. On the one hand, the term means any impact that damages the organism (“traumatizes”), e.g., an accident or a … Trauma Medicine (Traumatology)

Trauma Medicine (Traumatology): History

Surgical interventions are already known from prehistoric and early times: There, not only wounds were treated, but also skulls were opened by scraping or drilling, fractures were treated, or obstetric techniques were practiced. The oldest document in which trauma surgery procedures are described (Papyrus Edwin Smith) comes from Egypt and is estimated to have been … Trauma Medicine (Traumatology): History