PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AS A PREDICTOR OF ACCIDENTS
Despite the lack of faith in the concept of accident proneness, there is a body of empirical work that links some personality traits with accident involvement. An early literature review by Keehn (1961) concluded that extraversion, possibly accompanied by neurosis, is associated with higher accident liability. Many studies that examine the re...
By Sanja Ilić, Elvir Ibeljić
PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOLOGY
Scientific interest in psychedelic drugs has increased exponentially over the past decade. Just in the last few years, small controlled clinical trials examining the potential therapeutic utility of psilocybin-assisted therapy in patients suffering from anxiety, depression, and substance abuse have reported extremely positive outcomes. Halluc...
By Sanja Ilić
STRESS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
The continuation of life depends on the ability of an organism to maintain a state of dynamic equilibrium or homeostasis. Homeostasis is constantly disturbed by entropic forces, the stressors: the state of threatened homeostasis is called stress. A complex set of behavioral and physical reactions the adaptive response is employed by the organ...
By Sanja Ilić