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.
Although most of us think only of depression, there are many other mood disorders. In this article, we’ll try to differentiate and deepen on some that we often forget: mood disorders other than those that involve major depression. (The only…
When anxiety takes over your life, everything falls apart. Anxiety is like an annoying, uninvited guest that takes advantage of your hospitality. It’ll refuse to leave when you tell it to and, without you even realizing it, will throw everything…
A hundred years ago now, drugs were banned for the first time. In this century of the “war on drugs“, countless professors and governors have told people stories about addiction. They’ve become so rooted in our minds that we believe…
Cognitive distortions are frequently biased cognitive treatments. In addition, when we talk about mental disorders such as those in pathological gamblers, then these become more important. Because, in many cases, said distortions either just originated or are among the factors…
Childhood depression affects as many children as it affects adults. However, it’s important to know how to make a good differential diagnosis with some behavioral disorders that may manifest with a similar clinical picture. During childhood, depression usually manifests as…
Obsessions are thoughts, images or impulses that you turn over and over in your mind and can never let go. Everyone experiences obsessions to some degree. Salkovskis’s theory on obsessions helps us understand why they happen and how to prevent them.…
There have been many studies aimed at figuring out what trauma or intense emotional experiences can do to the way a person classifies, stores, and retrieves memories. Is there a link between memory and trauma? Can traumatic memories leave a…
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mental condition characterized by many symptoms such as impulsiveness, emotional instability, low self-esteem, and feelings of emptiness. But others, such as destructive pride, aren’t considered clinical symptoms even though they’re very common. People with…
What happens after the first panic attack opens a before and after in the life of any person. It’s a frightening experience that seems to come out of nowhere and manifests with a wide range of physical symptoms. It’s so…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not just the absence of conditions or diseases. Well, in order to achieve or preserve this state, you can use different…
In this article, we wanted to open up a new social perspective on women and depression. In general, men and women have similar endogenous depression rates. But when it comes to exogenous depression, where external factors play the main role,…
Many people fear the dark, certain animals, and natural phenomena such as storms, among other things, as children. But in most cases, those fears start to go away as they grow. However, there’s one fear that’s really hard for children…
Addiction is one of the biggest psychological problems, not to mention the most difficult to treat. Abstinence is so uncomfortable that it’s very complicated for patients not to give in to their addictions. In addition to the classic addictions that everyone…
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,…