Talking about sex with doctors
"I don't know if I can do it." Jeremy seemed truly frightened. "My GP is a woman, and I can't talk to her about my...
Mental Health
The Mental Health section encompasses a broad range of topics focusing on various aspects of mental health, including conditions like depression, anxiety, and PTSD. It covers diverse subjects such as the lifelong impact of shopping addiction, the nuances of post-traumatic stress disorder, and the societal implications of issues like gambling addiction and discrimination in healthcare. The section also delves into enhancing mental clarity, the challenges faced by unpaid carers, and the social exclusion of people in pain. Additionally, it explores innovative approaches to mental health, like using music therapeutically and addressing seasonal depression, underlining the multifaceted nature of mental health concerns and their impact on individuals and society.
Changing the Face of Autism
Elusive Autism in girls: I had seen one paediatrician, one educational psychologist, three psychiatrists, multiple therapists, and required at least three Crisis Home Treatment Teams...
Anorexia nervosa
This is a complex eating disorder which is characterised by low body weight accompanied by a body image distortion. The sufferer has an obsessive fear...
Self-harm
Self-harm is when someone deliberately hurts or injures him or herself. This can take a number of forms including: cutting, taking overdoses of tablets or...
Autism in the 21st Century – missing the girls.
In the 1940s, Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger separately identified a set of unusual behaviours in certain children, including strange and focussed obsessions and repetitive...
What’s the point of the “Talking Cure”?
How hard it is to say what we mean. "I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, I speak like a child."...
Fear
Fear is a basic human emotion which causes a pyschological and physiological response in the body known as ‘fight or flight.’ It occurs as a...
Shining a light on suicide
Five years ago my dad took his own life. But I'm lucky. I'm incredibly lucky to have people around me that saw me through the...
Whose life are you living?
Echoism – A life dominated by the other. Psychotherapists Mark Linington, Chair of the Bowlby Centre, Elisa Morris and Nell Montgomery offer a reworking of...
Agoraphobia
Until recently, agoraphobia was defined as a fear of open spaces. It now also includes several other related fears such as a fear of entering...
