THEORETICAL BASIS OF VIRTUAL REALITY THERAPY FOR SOME ANXIETY DISORDERS

There are two approaches to behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders and phobias: systematic desensitization and exposure. Virtual reality (VR) technology becomes more and more popular in therapeutic practice based on t...

CRISIS INTERVENTION IN COGNITIVE–BEHAVIORAL APPROACH – TECHNIQUES AND PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY

A crisis seems (crisis situation) to be an inevitable part of the human being. Critical events, which are permanently inscribed into the human life, force changes in the current functioning in family, social life and in...

THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY IN PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH CHRONIC SOMATIC DISEASES

Purpose. The aim of the study was to determine the role of spirituality in posttraumatic growth in people who are struggling with chronic somatic diseases. Method. Data from 90 people suffering from cancer, cardiovascu...

THE BEGINNINGS OF TREATMENT WITH CHLORPROMAZINE IN POLISH PSYCHIATRY

The article outlines the history of chlorpromazine and the atmosphere of its introduction in Poland in the fifties of the twentieth century. Henryk Zajaczkowski (1898-1963) was the first doctor who treated patients with...

REVIEW: TOMASZ SOBÓW. PRAKTYCZNA PSYCHOGERIATRIA. ROZPOZNAWANIE I POSTEPOWANIE W ZABURZENIACH PSYCHICZNYCH U CHORYCH W WIEKU PODESZŁYM*