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Dipendenze patologiche: recognize & act

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  Taken from the Book  -  Ouled Slimane, H. La Neuromodulazione e il trattamento delle dipendenze, WIP Edizioni, 2022. Dr. Hamida Ouled Slimane Neuroscientist & Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychophatologist-Neurocriminologist   PSAF (Healthcare, Insurance and Forensic Professions accredited by the Ministry of Health and registered in the National  Register; European Parliament). Abstract L’articolo si occupa del tema delle dipendenze patologiche, analizzandone definizione, classificazione, cause, sintomi, approcci educativi e trattamenti. A partire dal riconoscimento delle dipendenze comportamentali da parte dell’American Psychiatric Association (2013).  Si evvince che lo studio si focalizza sulla tossicodipendenza, alcolismo, ludopatia, dipendenza da internet e nuove forme come shopping compulsivo e workaholism. Viene analizzato il modello bio-psico-sociale, mettendo in risalto come fattori biologici, psicologici e ambientali concorrano allo svilup...

Neuroscience and the New Scientific View of Leukemia

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  ABSTRACT Leukemia is a type of blood cancer in which blood stem cells develop abnormally and excessively in the  bone marrow. Leukemia causes symptoms when abnormal white blood cells begin to replace healthy  blood cells and spread. In addition to physical symptoms, such as pain, fatigue and shortness of breath,  people with leukemia may also experience psychological symptoms such as depression or anxiety, as the  disease alters the functioning of neurotransmitters and the Locus Coeruleus Locus, a brain nucleus involved,  when dysfunctional in neurodegenerative diseases, in the control of the limbic system (memory, attention,  concentration, control of anxiety and depression). This nucleus is directly or indirectly involved in the  production of major neurotransmitters when it undergoes changes due to trigeminal input, it can determine  the onset of psychiatric disorders, in particular depressive disorders and anxiety, panic attacks, experi...