Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – A New Vision for Mental Health

Coronavirus: How to protect your mental health

Author: Editorial 19th March 2020 0 Comments

“Coronavirus has plunged the world into uncertainty and the constant news about the pandemic can feel relentless. All of this is taking its toll on people’s mental health, particularly those already living with conditions like anxiety and OCD. So how…
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a wellbeing society

anxiety, BBC, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Kirstie Brewer, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, wellbeing, World Health Organisation

‘My doctor mistook my OCD for paedophilia’

Author: Editorial 31st January 2020 0 Comments

For Matt [not his real name], speaking out about his mental health problem had serious unintended consequences. Reporting for the BBC, Natasha Preskey writes : “‘They treat him like a paedophile. They treat him like the worst kind of abuser. This…
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collaborative practice

BBC, Clients & Patients, Natasha Preskey, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, paedophilia, Risk-averse culture, safeguarding referrals

Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

Author: Editorial 1st February 2019 0 Comments

The publishers say: “As a child, Lily Bailey knew she was bad. By the age of 13, she had killed someone with a thought, spread untold disease, and ogled the bodies of other children. Only by performing an exhausting series…
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collaborative practice

books, Clients & Patients, Lily Bailey, Mark Haddon, Matt Haig, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD