Anxiety

Mental health after lockdown – restrictions are easing, the vaccination programme is steaming ahead, the number of cases is dropping – finally there seems to ...

Coping with Christmas Stress and Looking After Your Mental Health Christmas is of course meant to be a joyous time surrounded by family and friends, ...

Mental Health in Pregnancy and Childbirth It’s supposed to be one of the happiest times in a woman’s life, but for some becoming a mum, ...

The Link Between Depression and Dementia The links between depression and dementia have already been shown in studies – in fact, depression in middle age ...

What are phobias? If you feel extremely frightened by something that other people think is not scary or dangerous and you do your best to ...

Why it’s important to get a good night’s sleep The connections between sleep and mental health have been clear for some time. Getting a good ...

‘All that glitters’: the illusory elixir of perfection No matter how much we know rationally that being perfect is a very subjective and illusory bar ...

Understanding Social Anxiety Disorder We can all feel nervous in certain social situations, but for some anxiety can be so intense and overwhelming that it ...

The brain is like a muscle – it needs exercising. The importance of exercise in maintaining and improving physical and mental health has become increasingly ...

Understanding Self-Harm What can seem as something unthinkable and difficult to understand for most, is for some a part of everyday life. So why do ...