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Izvestia, citing psychiatrists, described early symptoms of dementia: forgetfulness, difficulty finding words, the loss of everyday skills, and changes in habitual behavior. Specialists advise not attributing such changes to age.
Aziz KarimovResearchers at the University of Sydney analyzed data from 11,380 people and identified a 'circadian subtype' of depression linked to disruptions of the internal biological clock. It included about 23% of participants, in whom depression began earlier and progressed with more severe symptoms.
Aziz KarimovPsychiatrist Alexey Gavrish, who worked for seven years at the St. Petersburg pre-trial detention facility Kresty, told Gazeta.Ru that a frequent cause of inmates' breakdowns is an 'acute stress reaction'. He cited the case of a detainee arrested for robbery, whom police officers told scary stories about the detention facility: the anticipation of conflict led him to knock out three men during a walk and bite his own hands.
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