Each death of a kin and other kinds of losses as well are a traumatic event that presents a threat to the stability and security of the bereaved person. Therefore,…

The issue of mental health in children with mental retardation began to be addressed more closely after the recent introduction of the term »dual diagnosis« denoting the coincidence of mental…

Adolescence is a developmental stage in which a person is learning to master cognitive, emo­tional, social and moral maturity. Adolescents growing up with chronic renal disease enter this stage later…

Near-death experiences are experiences of deep feelings of out-of-body experiences and of entering other dimensions outside the usual borders of time and space. They mostly occur when a person is…

The author presents some recent views on the disorders due to psychoactive substances use and groups them according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Classification. He explains…