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In this paper we share clinical observations and insights regarding the management and treatment of an uncooperative patient requiring an interdisciplinary approach due to diagnosis of delusional disorder, depressive symptoms, alcohol dependence syndrome, numerous complaints related to concomitant somatic diseases, and coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Our aim was to highlight the significance of a holistic approach to the patient, and scrupulous documentation of existing somatic diseases in psychiatric hospital discharge summary reports. Due to the common lack of compliance on the part of psychiatric patients, it proves utterly important to establish cooperation between healthcare providers and families of the mentally ill. Coronavirus infection (COVID-19) becomes another, additional complication in the management of psychiatric inpatients. We believe that the discussed interdisciplinary approach, together with increased family or institutional supervision can contribute to the improvement of psychiatric patients' physical and mental health status as well as general functioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article presents guidelines for the management of a psychiatric patient infected with COVID-19. The Polish Psychiatric Association provides recommendations and tips, including guidelines from other countries regarding the treatment of psychiatric patients during the epidemic time. In Poland, patients requiring psychiatric hospitalization have been treated in centers appointed by the government. In the West Pomerania region such center is the Department of Psychiatry of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin. Psychiatric wards have been transformed and adapted to the profile of infected or potentially infected patients who have been quarantined. We present the case of the patient with an affective disorder who was hospitalized on the local infectious ward, the possible difficulties associated with drug interactions between psychiatric drugs and those used to treat COVID-19 infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Aim: Scientific data indicates that 80% alcohol dependent patients smoke cigarettes. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of cigarette smoking on the severity of alcohol craving and therefore -on the efficacy of treatment and continuing sobriety in alcohol dependent individuals., Method: We examined 82 adults (57 men and 25 women), meeting the ICD-10 alcohol dependence criteria, undergoing alcohol dependence therapy, who were divided into two groups--smoking and non-smoking (male and female). Twice during the study--between the 7th and 14th day and 50th and 90th day of therapy--subjects were examined with the use of a structured questionnaire, including basic demographic data, the Nicotine Dependence Test and the Nicotine Dependence Questionnaire by Fagerstrom and the Obsessive-Compulsive Drinking Scale by Anton., Results: The study was accomplished by 76 patients. In 80% of the alcohol dependent smokers the number of cigarettes per day remains unchanged. There were no significant differences in alcohol craving between smokers and non-smokers.