Psychology and emotional health

What are warts on the head? Warts on the head or warts vulgaris, are benign epidermal lesions on the skin, caused by an infection of the human papillomavirus (HPV). They can appear with different morphologies and be different from one person to another because there are many subtypes within this virus. Warts on the head or common …

What are plantar warts? Plantar warts, also calledfish eyes, arenoncancerous skin growths, caused by a viral infection in the top layer of skin. This lesion is caused by a strain of virus calledhuman papillomavirus or HPV. Plantar warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), specifically types 1, 2, 4, 60 and 63. These strains …

What is apraxia of speech? The concept of apraxia of speech refers to a neurological disorder that affects the coordination, programming, and accuracy of sequential movements needed to produce speech sounds. (1) Note: Apraxia of speech manifests itself in the motor planning of speech, and falls within the categorization of speech problemsin the child or adult. This disorder …

What is bradilalia? Bradylalia (from the Greek bradys = slow, lalein = speak and the suffix ia = quality), is considered asan alteration of oral languageproduced mostly by some damage to theCentral Nervous System (CNS), specifically in the area of the brain wheremovements are controlledfor the production of words. It is mainly characterized byslowing of speech …

What is bradypsychia? Bradypsychia (from the Greek bradys: “slow” and psyche: “mind” or “soul”) is a symptom that manifests itself in the slowness with which the brain processes ideas and thought. (1) According to the above, bradypsychia is not considered a pathology, but rather a sign that the patient underlies a disease that has not yet been diagnosed. …

Many of our knowledge,skills and abilities do not come from academic experiences, formal or informal processes of education and therefore are not part of reason, as is intuitive knowledge. In the following article, we explain what intuitive knowledge consists of and we mention its main characteristics. What is intuitive knowledge? To get into context, we …

What is anger? Angeris an emotion that consists of a sudden alteration of moodin humans(1), usually in response to a negative stimulus such as stress and is related to one of thetypes of temperamentssuch ascholerictemperament orblood temperament. During this emotional state, the body secretes a series ofneurotransmitterssuch asadrenalineornoradrenaline, which maintain the state of alertness and excitability of …

What is coprolalia? Coprolalia is a medical term to define one ofthe most complex symptomsof Tourette’s Syndrome, which consists of the patient’s involuntary compulsive use ofobscenities, socially inappropriate wordsor derogatory comments without malicious intent. In this context, the patient suffering from Tourette’s Syndrome, suffers from this symptom occasionallybut when it occurs compulsively it is usually uncontrollable. …

What are delusions? Mental delirium is a condition, in which the individual loses the perception of reality due to sudden confusion, generatingaltered thoughts and a decrease inself-awarenessin order to correctly interpret the world around him. Note: There are two kinds of delusions at the psychiatric level: Hyperactive delirium which refers to an extremely activedelirium and hypoactive delirium, which …

What is moral development? The Swiss psychologistJean Piaget(1) establishes a model where “all morality consists of a system of rules and the essence of any morality must be sought in the respect that the individual acquires towards these rules”. (2) On this basis, Piaget’s moral development proposes atwo-stage theory throughwhich the individual must travel on his way to moral development. …