[Nonsuicidal self-injury in eating disorders]. / Nesuitsidal'nye samopovrezhdeniya pri rasstroistvakh pishchevogo povedeniya.

This review addresses the prevalence and mutual influence of non-suicidal self-injurious behavior (NSSI) and eating disorders (ED). The data on the role of demographic, social, biological and psychological variables in the formation of ED and NSSI comorbidity is presented. The authors analyze the influence of NSSI on the course of ED, as well as prognostic values of their combination. The problems of the choice of therapeutic tactics are also highlighted.

[Transcranial direct current stimulation in neurology and psychiatry]. / Transkranial'naya stimulyatsiya postoyannym tokom v nevrologii i psikhiatrii.

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive method of modulating brain excitability by low intensity direct current. At present, there are numerous studies of tDCS application in various mental and neurological diseases. In this review, the data of tDCS efficiency in the treatment of different disorders are presented and the recommendations on using this method in clinical practice are given.

[The effect of childhood stress on the development of mental disorders in adults].

There is evidence that not only severe stressful events, but also common low-threat events, in particular chronic ones, may cause or provoke some mental disorders. The literature data on the degree of pathogenicity of stress factors are insufficient. Authors attempted to summarize the established facts in the following aspects: current conceptions on the physiology and pathology of stress in the frames of the problem of psychosomatic disorders, deprivation in childhood, neurobiological consequences of childhood stress, psychiatric consequences of stress in childhood. Authors believe that this problem demands further investigation to find possible predictors of mental disorders in patients who had experienced stressful life events in childhood.