Category: Mental Health

Everyone seems to be talking about the same thing right now, the pandemic of COVID -19. It is understandable that with all the media coverage this is getting, people are on high alert. Some of our loved ones might be

Have you ever felt so hassled and so anxious to keep up that you start going through life in automatic mode? Those moments where you feel so disconnected from yourself and what goes on around you, where at some point,

Speaking about a sexual assault is not an easy task to do. The literature suggests that when a disclosure of a sexual assault was met with; criticism, judgement, silence, deflection or minimisation. The individual who experienced the assault will then

The term ‘alone’ and ‘lonely’ tend be confused quite often however, they do not mean the same. Although a person can experience both at the same time, they are not dependant on each other. Thus, a person can be alone

I must admit, I’m the one who has to take a deep breath before looking at photos of climate disasters, who brings up the conversation about climate change at family lunches and who finds herself wondering what can be done

In the first part of the blog we discussed the effects that children may have when they are not given the opportunity to be loved properly. In children, the effects might be seen in their behaviour. We often say that

Mental health is a topic vastly covered in literature, blogs and a variety of other forms of media. As a theme, it interests many people as it seems that society in general has increasingly been trying to come to grips

Research shows people use drugs prior to having sex, particularly amongst younger people. It is common in men, women and across all sexual orientations. More than 20 % of the sample reported using drugs to enhance their sexual experience with

Prevalence of mental health problems differs between men and women and both sexes also differ in the way they express their need for mental health care. Factors which influence risk of mental illness in females include household and parenting responsibilities,

If you had to ask people about men’s emotions the general reply would be that men tend to be cold and do not show emotions. Marianne LaFrance (2015) conducted a study in which the same facial expression on a male