How to Handle Negative Thoughts during the Coronavirus Crisis
Having negative thoughts during the COVID-19 crisis is completely normal. It’s important to know that, at this time, most people…
Clinical Psychology
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.
Sleep Problems During the COVID-19 Crisis
One effect of the current coronavirus pandemic is an increase in sleep problems. Many people are having difficulty either falling…
ADHD in Adults: Does it Exist?
Experts originally believed that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was a childhood disorder. However, ADHD in adults also exists. Experts also believed that the main symptoms of hyperactivity, impulsivity, and attention difficulties dissipated during adolescence. However, nothing could be further from the…
Excessive Tiredness (Hypersomnia)
Hypersomnia or excessive tiredness affects approximately 4-6% of the population, according to some estimates. It’s a common problem that’s often unidentified, especially by those afflicted by it. People usually mistake it for tiredness and fatigue but it can be due…
Spending the Confinement Alone: How to Cope
Many people are facing the coronavirus confinement alone. The current circumstances have arrived unexpectedly and almost without us realizing it.…
Protect Your Mental Health Against the Coronavirus
No one had prepared us for such a situation. COVID-19 is changing our lifestyle in a way no-one could have…
The Trivialization of Mental Health Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the 5th manual from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). A…
Coronavirus Anxiety: Seven Strategies to Help You
In psychology, a very familiar term is social contagion. These are situations in which emotions spread and eventually trigger extreme…
Test Anxiety: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Test anxiety is an irrational, persistent and very intense fear of exams. Do you have this problem? Do you know…
The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale
The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale is one of the most commonly used psychological questionnaires to clarify the degree of anxiety a person suffers from. Therefore, it isn’t a diagnostic instrument but a useful and highly effective resource for assessing the…
Pluviophobia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Anyone who suffers from a phobia knows that being exposed to what they’re afraid of is an awful experience. Consequently,…
The Differences Between Cortical and Subcortical Dementia
Dementias located in cortical areas won’t have the same impact on a person as those in subcortical areas. In this…
Eight Interesting Facts about Anxiety
Undoubtedly, the era that we live in is an era of anxiety. The latter refers to that emotional state characterized by a cold feeling in our stomach, a tight knot in our throat, and worries at the mental level. There’s…
Morning Anxiety – How to Minimize It
Morning anxiety is tough and hard to deal with. You never know when it’ll show up. However, it tends to…
Lack of Sleep and its Consequences
Lack of sleep is common in teenagers and adults. In a world saturated by instant gratification, overstimulation, and lack of patience, basic needs such as sleeping are often left on a second plane. Likewise, the constant changes in working hours…
The Glass Delusion
There are people who believe they can shatter into a thousand pieces if someone or something bumps them even slightly. This is the glass delusion. People who suffer from this believe they’re as fragile as glass. The truth is, however,…
Health and Unemployment – A Relationship
Working, in addition to being a source of income and representing monetary remuneration for effort and worth, fosters social relationships.…
Learned Helplessness Theory – What Is It?
The learned helplessness theory explains that a person behaves passively because they’ve learned to do so. Thus, the person thinks…
The Cognitive and Affective Empathy Test
The cognitive and affective empathy test by I. Fernández Pinto, B. López-Pérez, and F. José García Abad is a complete,…
All About the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Analyzing personality is one of the most fascinating and complex challenges in psychology. In order to accomplish this objective, psychologists…