title: Specific character of psychiatric problems among seafarers.
abstract: The impact of specific working conditions on ships on the psyche of seafarers is discussed. The occupational exposures act upon the nervous system of a seafarer for a long time, for the duration of the voyage. The knowledge of these conditions is necessary for a psychiatrist to diagnose cases of nervous system diseases in seafarers, and to treat them. The author conciders justified to separate a sub-specialty in psychiatry--the maritime psychiatry.
authors: Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Gdynia.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Nitka
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D011570:Psychiatry