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Adrian Spear
- Oct 7, 2019
- 4 min
Acute & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Adrian Spear
- Sep 27, 2019
- 4 min
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A person uses Obsessive Compulsive (OCD) to manage anxiety. People with this disorder may not disclose it to others because of its embarrassing nature. What constitutes OCD? - The person shows obsessions and or compulsions. - The person has recognised that what they are doing is excessive or unreasonable. - There is a marked distress about what they are doing. - It takes more than an hour a day. - It significantly disrupts the persons normal daily living. - The disturbance is
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Adrian Spear
- Sep 15, 2019
- 4 min
Suicide Prevention
There has never been a more important time in the history of the human race to ask the question “Are You OK?” The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimate that by 2030 Mental Illness will be affecting more people in the world than any other illness, overrunning cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. We live in a fast-paced time. Work, relationships, finances and life are putting more and more pressure on us. For many it becomes a fact of survival as we struggle to keep
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Adrian Spear
- Aug 24, 2019
- 5 min
Panic Disorder & Agoraphobia
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Adrian Spear
- Nov 26, 2018
- 3 min
Why my Mother develop dementia
Today I find myself contemplating illness and disease and the causes behind it. There are many causes for a range of illness and disease but today I want to focus on the stressors in our lives and how they contribute to our un-wellness. This article is very close to home for me because it is a story about my mother. I just finshed visiting her which got me really thinking. Mum married early to a scoundrel which was constantly in trouble with the law. My father then took off w
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