Mental Health Awareness Week: There Is Still So Much Work To Be Done
It’s mental health awareness week and I wish there was more awareness about mental illnesses that remain highly stigmatised, like psychosis, OCD and schizophrenia. Because there are still so many people afraid to talk about their experiences due to stigma and shame…
The History of Personality Disorders - A Brief Overview
The history of personality disorders can be traced back to 400BC, when Hippocrates described four personality patterns. These were choleric (meaning irritable), melancholic (meaning sad), sanguine (meaning optimistic) and phlegmatic (meaning apathetic). He believed that…