DISEASE, DISORDER, CRISIS PACKAGE

PACKAGE DISEASE, DISORDER, CRISIS – a package introducing various mental illnesses, deepening knowledge on psychopathology of disorders.

LECTURES

• What is normal and what is pathology – when to diagnose, when to seek specialist help.
• Depression epidemic – what are mood disorders, can you help yourself?
• Anxiety disorders – phobia, generalised anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, various masks of anxiety disorders.
• Bipolar psychosis – note the unusual course. About suffering, risks and good support.
• Personality disorders – both sides suffer when dealing with a charming narcissist.
• Personality disorders – borderline bipolar people, causes, behaviours, support, treatment.
• I can’t survive without you – dependent personality, when can support sustain symptoms?
• Highest risk of death – anorexia. And about other eating disorders.
• Sleep disorders – Poles among the top poorly sleeping nations – about changing habits and treatment of sleep disorders.
• Sexual needs – between health, fetish and disorder.
• PTSD – what trauma is, when is post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosed, what treatment is involved and why it is worth confronting overwhelming fear.
• Behavioural addictions – phone, social, gaming, gambling, sex, shopping, food – when we cross the line and why we need a detox from pleasure.
• Don’t drink? Are you ill? Alcohol addiction – a trivialised problem. About the losses, the impact on the family, the chances of recovery.
• Schizophrenia – between not knowing, worrying, helplessness and responding well.