Correlation between Selected Clinical Symptoms and Severity of Aggression, Impulsiveness and Their Selected Behavioral Manifestations in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotype A.

Previous studies on aggressiveness and impulsiveness in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are ambiguous. Furthermore, no biochemical or clinical factors related to these variables have been definitively confirmed. The aim of the study was to clarify whether, in women with phenotype A of PCOS, variables such as body mass index and clinical and biochemical hyperandrogenism have an impact on either the intensity of impulsivity or aggression or on other selected behavioral manifestations of these variables. The study included 95 patients diagnosed with PCOS phenotype A. The criterion for recruitment into the study group and the control group was body mass index. The study was conducted with the use of a closed-format questionnaire and calibrated clinical scales. Higher body mass index (BMI) values in women with PCOS phenotype A are associated with poor eating habits. The severity of impulsivity and aggression syndrome, as well as the tendency to engage in risky sexual behavior and patterns of alcohol consumption among patients diagnosed with PCOS phenotype A, are not dependent on BMI. The severity of impulsiveness and the syndrome of aggression in women with phenotype A PCOS are not associated with clinical symptoms of hyperandrogenism or with androgen levels.

Malignant complications of masturbation - a case study. / Zlosliwe nastepstwa masturbacji - opis przypadku.

We present a case of a 32-years-old female patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for many years who has developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) as a result of long-acting antipsychotic's injection. Since the initial ineffectiveness of benzodiazepines, the course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been carried out. In spite of the initial promising response to ECT 3 weeks after the admission her somatic and mental state deteriorated greatly, that was hardly explicable solely by the potential loss of effectiveness of ECT or laboratory tests. Diagnostics extended with imaging tests and gynecological examination revealed the connective tissue-covered cap of a popular multivitamin supplement in patient's vagina. During the following deepened interview, she admitted that in fact 6 months ago a piece had gotten stuck while masturbating. However due to the sense of shame and subjective lack of disturbing symptoms she had left it unsaid. One month after the evacuation of the foreign body she has been discharged from the hospital remaining the full remission. The presented case shows that inflammation in the body can complicate catatonia and NMS, causing a non-specific course and difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. In some patients, the inflammatory process may be caused by a foreign body located in various natural orifices in the body. It appears significant in the group of psychiatric patients. Once again it highlights the tremendous role of meticulously conducted interview including the patient's autoerotic life.

Ayahuasca - potential therapeutic properties in psychiatry. Research review. / Ayahuaska ­ potencjalne wlasciwosci terapeutyczne w psychiatrii. Przeglad badan.

Ayahuasca, also known as "the liana of the soul" and "the vine of the soul" is a ritual psychedelic traditionally administered in the form of plant decoction, used by the indigenous people of South America for centuries, and in the last 25 years also in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Canada, and the United States. Its biological activity results from the content of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), acting mainly as a non-selective agonist of serotonin receptors and beta-carboline alkaloids, which are strong and short-acting monoamine oxidase type A(MAOI-A) inhibitors. For many years there have been reports of both the anti-anxiety and antidepressant effects of ayahuasca, as well as indications of the possibility of its use in the treatment of addictions. The results of studies of its effectiveness in drug-resistant depression seem to be promising, comparable in the opinion of some authors with the effect of therapeutic action of ketamine. In the article, we try to explain the complex profile of action and the resulting potential benefits, but also the risk of interaction and adverse effects associated with the taking of ayahuasca, which is important given the high variability of herbal mixtures used to produce the decoction.