https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xrt4nb4s4x6hup3i/Suliana_Podcast_1_8zen4.mp3 In this episode of the Trauma and Mental Health podcast series, we are joined by contributing writer Suliana Beraki and Dr. Kenneth Widanaralalage, a…
Family-Based Treatment is often viewed as the gold standard in the treatment of eating disorders. This evidence-based treatment has a 40-50% success rate. But it’s…
“While most places your mind saves JPEGs, mine has text files instead.” This is how Mike (name changed for anonymity) describes living with complete aphantasia….
The World Health Organization estimates that schizophrenia affects around 24 million people, or roughly 1 in 300 individuals worldwide. This severe mental illness not only…
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…
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The Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto has reported that while mental illness accounts for roughly 10% of the disease burden in…
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…
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…
