What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?
IntroductionDefinition in the DSM-5Diagnostic CriteriaEpidemiologyEtiologyPathophysiologyTreatment and PrognosisReferencesFurther Reading Somatic symptom disorder is defined as mental health disorders that are characterized by prominent perceived somatic symptoms which result in distress and…
Future of Smart Health Systems
Advances in technology look set to change the face of global health care as we know it. The idea of smart healthcare uses a new generation of information technologies including…
What is Bohring-Opitz Syndrome?
Bohring-Opitz Syndrome (BOS) is a rare genetic disorder with an autosomal pattern of inheritance. It is a severe condition with characteristic physical and intellectual disabilities. It presents with a wide…
What is Healthcare Fraud?
Healthcare fraud is, according to one legal definition, a crime in which healthcare claims are dishonestly filed to profit illegally from the payments received. It is estimated that it leads…
What is Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease?
Vogt−Koyanagi−Harada (VKH) disease is a vision-threatening multisystem autoimmune condition. VKH symptoms manifest in stages and usually involve ocular, auditory, neurological, and integumentary manifestations. The actual cause of VKH disease is…
Is Lab-Grown Meat Healthy?
Many environmentally conscious people consider that lab-grown meat can be an ethical alternative to conventional meat. It may solve multiple problems at once such as the food demands of the…
The Importance of Having a Good Night’s Sleep
Sleep is vital for health, both physical and mental. Sleep has always presented a mystery to some of the world’s greatest thinkers throughout time, from philosophers to psychologists and biologists.…
The Effects of Continuous Contraceptive Pill Taking
Combined oral contraceptive pills (OCP) act by inhibiting ovulation at the level of the pituitary and hypothalamus, via suppression of gonadotropin secretion. Contraceptive pill. Image Credit: WindNight/Shutterstock.com The estrogen component prevents…
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), or dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder that provokes the individual to focus unduly on flaws in the personal appearance to an extent that it dominates thought,…
What is Nutritional Psychiatry?
Nutritional psychiatry is the practice of using food and food supplements as alternative treatments for mental health disorders. Most current treatments for mental health disorders – from psychotic disorders such…