Clinical Psychology provides us with the tools to research, understand, and treat mental conditions and other conditions. It can also help us to improve our potential and development as human beings.
Erich Fromm defined malignant narcissism in 1964. He described it as a condition in which an individual is characterized by grandiloquent, antisocial, and hostile behavior. The people who have it dehumanize every scenario they’re in. Their lack of empathy and…
Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant and painkiller. It was first discovered in 1960, and you’re most likely to see it marketed as Elavil, although it has other names too. It’s also on the World Health Organization (WHO) list of essential medications…
Klüver-Bucy syndrome is one of the most extreme examples of how a nervous system alteration can completely change an individual’s way of life. Imagine that there’s a piece of your brain responsible for the emotions of fear and rejection. Now,…
The Socratic debate about irrational thoughts and their adjustment stands as a clear objective in most of the discussions that take place in the field of psychology. From disorders of social anxiety to violence in interpersonal relationships, even to post-traumatic…
Psychosis is a serious mental disorder characterized by a serious loss of contact with reality. Traditionally, people considered psychosis a disease or medical condition in and of itself. However, there’s another perspective on the nature of psychosis. In fact, the…
The sexual abuse of boys is one of the most hushed-up horrors in recent history. Although this is something that also happens to girls, statistics show that the abuse of boys is something worth studying more in detail. Many people…
In spite of the name, atypical depression is actually quite common. It’s similar to clinical depression, but patients suffering from this particular disorder have uncommon symptoms. They can, for example, respond positively to their surroundings and have a good appetite,…
If you suffer from anxiety, you know that it can take a toll on your body. Anxiety can cause a variety of physical symptoms and everyone experiences anxiety differently. Maybe when you get anxious you feel like you can’t breathe or…
What’s paranoia exactly? Before we answer that, it’s worth mentioning that psychoanalysts and psychiatrists have slightly different responses. The concept first started in psychiatry and people first believed it was just a form of insanity. As time went on, the…
According to a study published just a few months ago by Stanford University, people diagnosed with severe depression, have a deficiency in a specific molecule: acetylcarnitine. This substance regulates stress, as well as the gene that controls glutamate, favoring the…
The end of your holidays is here and you know what that means. For one, it means the end of cookouts and cold beers in your backyard, your neighbor’s, or at the beach. And what’s even worse, the end of…
Psychological trauma is one of those things that everyone talks about but no one really understands. You can’t classify every negative experience as traumatic, and not all traumas form consciously. A lot of people don’t even know that they’re traumatized,…
Delusions are characteristic of mental or neurological disorders. Thus, they help diagnose psychotic disorders. Psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers was the first to define three main criteria to identify the types of delusions in his book General Psychopathology (1913). These criteria…
Perfectionism is something people often consider more of a strength than a weakness. But can that constant desire for perfection become unhealthy and irrational? The simple answer is yes. Atelophobia is when perfectionism starts to paralyze you. Atelophobia is the…
Anxiety and excessive worrying are symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). In this regard, Dugas and Ladouceur pointed out that people with GAD are more concerned about mindless circumstances. People with generalized anxiety disorder worry about things that may not…
Basically, panic disorder is an anxiety disorder. Anxiety is a human emotion. It’s when your nervous system reacts to a situation or stimulus that you consider “threatening”. In other words, it actually has an adaptive purpose because it exists to help…
Some people feel the urge to pull out their own hair. The physical consequence, which is immediately visible, is hair loss that may lead to bald spots in the head, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Trichotillomania in children is a worrying disorder.…
According to the field of psychiatry and its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (or DSM-5), there are seven different types of depression. However, these classifications are flexible and subject to change. One of the main problems with psychiatry…
A cognitive bias is an information processing error the brain makes. Said error occurs when you unconsciously use previous knowledge or acquired experience to take mental shortcuts. The problem is that these shortcuts don’t always lead you to the right…
Most people have heard of anorexia, but did you know that about a quarter of patients with anorexia also deliberately self-harm? People who are suffering from this disease tend to lose so much weight that they become weak and their…
