Clinical psychology articles

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Conditions

OCD is an anxiety disorder involving recurring obsessions and compulsions — intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours performed to reduce distress.

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are serious psychiatric conditions involving disturbed eating habits and body image, affecting physical, emotional, and social health.

Stress Related to Life Events

Stress related to life events is the stress response that arises when a person faces significant changes or challenging events, affecting emotional and physica…

Sleep-Wake Disorders

Sleep-wake disorders involve sleep rhythm problems linked to psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, depression, and life events.

Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)

Trichotillomania is an obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder involving recurrent pulling and plucking of hair from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or other bo…

Trauma and Related Disorders

Trauma-related disorders arise from the impact of serious traumatic events, affecting daily life and often requiring specialised psychotherapy.

Somatoform and Bodily Symptom Disorders

Somatoform and bodily symptom disorders involve persistent physical symptoms that cannot be fully explained medically, often accompanied by intense health-rela…

Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders

Schizophrenia is a complex psychiatric disorder involving delusions, hallucinations, disorganised thinking, emotional dysregulation, and significant loss of fu…

Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) involves emotional instability, relationship difficulties, self-harm tendencies, identity disturbance, and impulse contro…

Panic Disorder

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterised by sudden, severe panic attacks that occur unexpectedly and can significantly disrupt daily life.

Specific Phobias

Specific phobias involve intense fear and anxiety about a particular object, situation, or activity, often leading to avoidance and significantly affecting dai…

Body Image Disorder

Body image disorder refers to unrealistic or excessively negative thoughts about one's own physical appearance, often involving harsh self-criticism and distre…

Neurocognitive Disorders

Neurocognitive disorders affect brain function and cognitive processes, often arising from genetic factors, brain injury, neurodegenerative disease, infection,…

Substance-Related Disorders

Substance-related disorders involve problems and dependence linked to the use of alcohol, drugs, medications, or tobacco, affecting health, relationships, and…

Personality Disorders

Personality disorders involve enduring, pervasive deviations in thinking, emotion, relationships, and behaviour, usually beginning in adolescence or early adul…

Grief and Bereavement Stress

Grief is a natural response to losing someone or something important, affecting emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing through stages such as denial, anger,…

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are mental health conditions characterised by intense worry, fear, and tension that affect daily life and often involve excessive reactions t…

Bipolar and Related Disorders

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder characterised by extreme emotional fluctuations, with periods of mania, hypomania, and depression alternating over time.

Impulse Control Disorders and Conduct Disorders

These disorders, often emerging in childhood or adolescence, involve difficulties with impulse control and behaviours that affect social, academic, and persona…

Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative disorders involve a disruption or separation of mental processes that normally work together, often linked to traumatic events and affecting daily…

Depressive Disorders

Depressive disorders are persistent mental health conditions that negatively affect mood, thinking, and physical health, often leading to loss of functioning i…

Sexual Dysfunction Disorders

Sexual dysfunction disorders are conditions that prevent or make it difficult to engage in sexual activity in the desired way, affecting desire, arousal, orgas…