For most diseases in the ...

For most diseases there are now well-established pattern - treatment standards, which include obtaining well-defined results. To use therapy for somatic and psychosomatic diseases such schemes (patterns), virtually none. The use of psychotherapy in general "can not predict the outcome. Practice shows: psychotherapy in the internist can be effective on the date in the case when using techniques that provide correction and personality, and direct the work of the body concerned. To create such treatment patterns (schemes) knowledge only psychotherapy, or only care enough. Experience of using waste patterns of pharmacological therapy with minimal support, such as bronchial asthma, shows the efficiency is much superior to all existing conventional methods of treatment, especially in the long term. Specific psychotherapy treatment in the reorganization of a particular system or organ, has proved effective in other diseases, it would seem, is not involved directly with psychosomatics (eg, acute myocardial infarction). To generate templates provide psychological care for the majority of known diseases lone effort is not enough. Requires commitment and serious work collectives of like-minded, accepting the postulate of the unity of psychic and somatic development of pathological somatic processes. Email: gleb_y2000@mail.ru

Treatment of patients with alcoholic psychosis

Professor AG Hoffman Institute of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health, Moscow Psychotic states arising in some patients with alcoholism as a result of years of alcohol abuse are quite varied in clinical manifestations, severity and duration. The most difficult the psychoses accompanied by marked confusion (delirium). Second in frequency space occupied by acute alcoholic hallucinosis. The share of these two types of alcoholic psychosis accounted for approximately 90% of all psychotic states caused by alcohol abuse. Much rarer acute alcoholic paranoia, protracted hallucinosis, alcoholic delusions of jealousy. A special group of alcoholic encephalopathy, accompanied by the appearance of psychotic symptoms. Therapy for various types of alcoholic psychoses varies significantly, forcing separately consider the treatment of patients with delirium, hallucinosis, paranoia and alcoholic encephalopathy with psychotic symptoms. Relief of delirium tremens is modified depending on the severity of the condition. In light and medium gravity (typical) delirium tremens is not a material breach of homeostasis and therapeutic activities are focused on the clinical manifestations of psychosis. The main problem in relieving pulmonary and medium gravity delirious states removal of excitation and insomnia, to maintain cardiovascular activity, supplementation of fluid loss.