Why orthorexia is real
Orthorexia is not officially recognised as a medical condition. The term was coined back in the 90s by Dr.Steven Bratman…
Mental Health
Depression drugs don’t wear off
Over a period of years, between 10 and 20 per cent of patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder who are…
Histrionic Personality Disorder
This is a type of personality disorder, which is marked out by the sufferers need for constant attention and exaggerated…
When depression drugs stop working
For all sorts of reasons, people who have been taking medication for depression (or related conditions including anxiety and OCD)…
The coming of age of erotic plasticity
When I first met Jenny, she was a very angry woman. She had just discovered that her partner of five…
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…
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…
Anorexia nervosa
This is a complex eating disorder which is characterised by low body weight accompanied by a body image distortion. The…
Self-harm
Self-harm is when someone deliberately hurts or injures him or herself. This can take a number of forms including: cutting,…
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…