The Antidote to Shame

When we talk about mental health, we often talk in diagnoses. Depression, anxiety and PTSD are the three that have arisen most commonly in my work as a Clinical Psychologist. There’s also this (somewhat arbitrary) difference between mental health problems and those that are seen as neurodevelopmental - like ADHD and autism. Yet, there is so much overlap. We like to complicate things but, to me, the general consensus on mental health and neurodevelopmental differences these days seems to be that we have a…

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION…

which may or may not be ‘switched on’ by our…

ENVIRONMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES

I know you came here for all the sexy talk, innit¹