Dr. Gabriel Cicu, psychiatrist and psychotherapist

Online consultations with psychologists and psychiatrists

Topics covered:

• How can we prevent the development of addictions in young people?
• What are the causes of addictions?
• A person with addictions is not a person without will, in search of pleasure; we are talking about a serious psychiatric pathology
• Addiction shows great pain and deep trauma
• What is a dysfunctional family today?
• Even in the most prestigious universities in the world there are students who use various substances to cope with the demands
• Addictive pathology is a very complex psycho-socio-medical phenomenon
• Stigma in the field of mental health is a big problem for patients. Expressions like "druggies" "alcoholics" represent aggression against the human being. Recovery can be canceled or diminished by words alone
• Isolation is one of the symptoms of addiction. Patients hide because of shame, guilt
• The European anti-drug monitoring agenda says very clearly that drug testing of students in schools as a preventive measure does not work
• Three recommendations for preventing addictive behaviors - it can be addiction to substances, screens, pornography, gambling, alcohol etc
• The psychological profile of the patient prone to addictions is the profile of a traumatized person