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DSM 5: Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
It seemed appropriate that I recently attended a DSM 5 seminar entitled Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, given that the recent World Mental Health Day centred on the theme ‘Living...
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In this interview Dr Patrick Carnes chats to Joe Polish, founder of the Genius Network about sex addiction, neuroscience and the most effective treatment for addictive behaviours. I have listened to...
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Worried about your gambling habits?
Click here for my published article on ‘gambling disorder‘, the new classification in DSM5, the fifth iteration of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used by the American...
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Are you feeling low?
My published article on depression which explores the misinformation that exists in the popular press about this serious condition and the treatment options that you may seek as part of a self care...
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When your financial trading becomes an addiction
There are more and more people these days dabbling with online trading as a result of greater access to online trading platforms . This can often be as a sideline to the day job or as a new way of...
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Digital detox from smartphone addiction
The latest Ofcom research into internet usage informs us that fifteen million UK internet users have taken steps to ‘digitally detox’ in an attempt to establish a more healthy balance between...
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There’s No Place like Phone
The sixth annual Deloitte report There’s No Place like Phone, which analyses the mobile usage habits of more than 4,000 UK consumers, was released today. The report was covered widely across the...
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Who are addicts and who are enthusiastic gamers?
Defining behaviours as an addiction or a disorder can create lively debate in the therapy world. Take internet gaming. There are users out there, for sure, who overdo playing video games. But so what,...
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