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The issue of doping is becoming an increasingly common aspect of patient care at first contact, i.e. at the general practitioners. The aim of this article is to provide general practitioners with a general introduction to the issue of doping, drawing attention to the biochemical and physiological aspects, and possible adverse effects, of such prohibited substances; and further to warn against possible damage to the patient (top athletes) through incorrect prescription of any prohibited substance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyses three autobiographies of autistic individuals translated into the Czech language - Nobody nowhere (Donna Williams), Life behind glass (Wendy Lawson), and Life with Asperger syndrome: a story of psychotherapy (Christine Preissmann). It shows, how the authors describe their specific symptoms and interests, family and partner relationships and career. The analysis focuses on strategies that were selected by the authors for coping with the autistic handicap. It comes to a conclusion that autistic persons consider different symptoms to be the worst than those conventionally described in textbooks and monographs on autism. In these three autobiographies, sensory overload in stressful situations was estimated from the subjective point of view to be the most unpleasant symptom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The interest concept in former authors (like Herbart, Dewey, Fryer, Strong and others) whose approaches can be considered to be traditional and approaches of contemporary authors to this concept (Savickas, Krapp, Silvia and others) are analyzed in the study. The causes of using the interest concept without the vocational attribute - contrary to the fact that the concept used in this way is related in its meaning to the vocational interest - are clarified. In the conclusion, an attempt at a synthesis in the form of a proposal of a definition taking into consideration both traditional and contemporary approaches to interests research is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]