Internet addiction is characterized by excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges
or behaviours regarding computer use and internet access that lead to impairment or …

Background: The second-generation antidepressants include selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), and other …

In this report, which is an update of a guideline published in 2002 (Bandelow et al. 2002,
World J Biol Psychiatry 3: 171), recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of …

A revision of the 2000 British Association for Psychopharmacology evidence-based
guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants was undertaken to …

Cognitions in the form of mental images have a more powerful impact on emotion than their
verbal counterparts. This review synthesizes the cognitive science of imagery and emotion …

Memory, attention and creativity represent three different cognitive domains, which are
interconnected and contribute the “mental performance” of an individual. Modern …

BackgroundThe importance of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) in the pathophysiology
of anxiety is well known. A key role for postsynaptic 5-HT1A receptors has recently been …

Defensive behaviors are a set of responses to threat stimuli and situations that have evolved
on the basis of their adaptiveness in reducing harm to the threatened organism. These …

However, hyperkinetic disorder cannot be simply identified as the combined type of ADHD;
the definition is even more exacting. The diagnostic criteria must be met in more than one …

The recent review of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) by the Committee on
Safety of Medicines (CSM) and the Food and Drug Administration was occasioned by media …