[Treatment of bipolar depressions - between treatment urgency and therapeutic risks]

The depression is the subject of a conceptual bursting, and authors propose a dichotomy "unipolar/bipolar" depression, with sometimes unclear limits. Moreover, within the group of the bipolar depression several under groups were identified, with revolutionary therapeutic repercussions. In this article, we propose to: point out the bipolar spectrum - Give a progress report on the incurred risks of the prescription of the antidepressants for a depression belonging to the bipolar spectrum - Propose therapeutic recommendations, while referring to a recent literature

[Ekbom syndrome about 3 cases]

In addition to their common embryonic origin, the psychism and skin maintain privileged relations on several accounts. These relations can be found disturbed particularly among old people whose brain as well as skin have undergone the effects of senility. Ekbom syndrome or delusional parasitosis shows dermato-psychological intrications especially among the elderly. Through three clinical observations, the authors remind the clinical signs of this syndrome and discuss its psychopathological elements and its therapy. This syndrome is probably more frequent that described. To treat it adequately, it's important to situate it in nosographic context. This goes above all through a collaboration of the different involved disciplines