Category: "therapy/cbt"
Gaming Disorder: Genuine Addiction or Media Hype?
When the World Health Organisation added gaming disorder to the latest edition of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), widespread media coverage and an outcry from the gaming industry made it the issue of the moment. The classification applies to people with 12 months of low control over their... read more »
How to Combat Impostor Syndrome
Impostor syndrome is not a recognised psychiatric disorder in its own right, but is acknowledged by psychologists and psychiatrists as a legitimate issue for many people – sometimes (but not always) contributing to a mental health condition such as anxiety. When someone says they ‘feel like a fraud’, or their... read more »
What is Learned Helplessness?
Learned helplessness can make you feel more isolated and trapped than ever before. Feeling helpless and hopeless can be very common with mental health issues, but when... read more »
Sleep Problems and ASD: Can CBT Help?
Sleep, or lack of it, can really affect people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sleep problems are an all too common headache for parents of a child with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). A lack of sleep in any child... read more »