According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 720,000 people die by suicide each year, and it remains the third leading cause of death…
“When you start avoiding your emotions, you start avoiding a lot of life,” says Taher Chugh, a general practitioner psychotherapist and director of the Toronto…
In December 2019, I first stumbled across BlackPink and ITZY, two K-pop groups that would quickly become my favourites. I had just come out of…
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) affects approximately 2.7% of the general population, with its prevalence rising to 22% among psychiatric inpatients. The disorder is characterized by…
On any given night, more than 12,000 people in Toronto (Canada) experience homelessness, with about three-quarters of these individuals facing mental health challenges. Alarmingly, many…
“When my husband died, I was overwhelmed with emotion. There was this intense amount of fear that death would strike again—that something might happen to…
The prevalence of military sexual trauma (MST) among female veterans is staggering. In Canada, 44.6% of female veterans reported experiencing unwanted sexual encounters during their…
The hospitalization rates for young men with eating disorders have increased by an astonishing 416% from 2000 to 2019. Despite this dramatic increase, eating disorders…
Postpartum depression is a form of clinical depression that affects 10-20% of women after childbirth. Recent data from 2010 to 2020 reveals a troubling increase…
“Reason for referral: anxious depressive syndrome” was the only information I had about Alan (name changed for anonymity), my last patient in the clinic that…
