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My work in a category A prison was often challenging. Not especially because of the men I was working with, but because, over time, I developed a growing and unsettling realisation that many of them should not be in prison at all, but should rather be receiving treatment for undiagnosed  post traumatic stress disorder. The...

Seventeen year old Katie sat uncomfortably on the old green velvet sofa in my office, with a look that reminded me of a rabbit caught in headlights. Eyes wide, she described how her mother had encouraged her to go and see her GP when she discovered that Katie had been self harming. The GP had...

Do you suffer from upsetting and unsettling physical or emotional symptoms that started after a traumatic event, like a death, a road accident, a burglary, an attack or some other event which caused you distress? Perhaps you are a returning veteran and experienced something in your tour of duty you keep trying to put to...

Helen was just 19. She presented as a bright and bubbly young woman and was smartly turned out. She looked like a real professional who was going places in her chosen career of accountancy. But, when Helen began to tell me her story, her outer confidence fell away, as one memory after another slipped from...

What It Is This mood disorder, which affects about five percent of American adults, is typified by feelings of sadness, anger or frustration. Unlike the occasional unhappy spell, the emotions persist for weeks or months and interfere with daily life. You may have trouble sleeping or concentrating, have outbursts of anger or avoid social situations....

[Tweet “‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes’ – Marcel Proust”] Despair 25 years ago, following the birth of my second baby, I plunged into a depression that blind-sided me. I simply didn’t see it coming. At first, I thought I was just overtired due to...

My story….well, some of it anyway 25 years ago, I was stopped in my tracks by postnatal depression. I went from a happy, energetic and capable woman to a reclusive, anxious, hyper-vigilant mother who could barely cope with the simplest of everyday tasks. It’s not unreasonable to say, the experience nearly robbed me of my...

Your depression could be caused by many factors including financial difficulties, disappointments in your career or in relationships. Depression can also have genetic roots where it is inherited from your ancestors. Many people ask the question ‘Why am I depressed? ‘ and are not able to point to the root of the problem. The depression...

The FA Cup final is a defining experience for most supporters of the two teams. The problem comes when your team loses. Most fans recover from the trauma of losing after a few hours (or days), but some remain distraught, even depressed. However, just, follow these simple tips to help get over depression on losing,...

It’s relatively easy to get depressed. People do it all the time. There’s a kind of ‘formula’ you can follow and, if you get the steps right, the chances are you will be feeling pretty down, pretty soon. On the other hand, if you want to avoid depression, you could do the exact opposite, and...