At the age of 25, Helena Cameron weighed 20 stone and couldn’t walk to the car without her feet throbbing. Helena first started piling on the pounds as a teenager. Anxiety problems caused her to binge eat junk food and gorge constantly on chocolate, crisps and fizzy drinks. She admits that she’d often eat a read more »

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a form of electrical treatment which has been found to reduce the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder in extreme sufferers. The electrical therapy involves passing a weak current through thin wire electrodes which are inserted into the brain. Recent findings have revealed that some individuals experiencing severe OCD found that read more »

We are all aware Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has extremely debilitating effects on those who battle with the illness but we don’t often spare a thought for the families of sufferers and their struggle to help their loved ones. A recent article featured on BBC News heard the story of a family plagued by OCD read more »

Asperger Syndrome is characterized by repetitive behaviours or rituals, socially and emotionally inappropriate behaviour and interaction, preoccupation with a subject to the point of the exclusion of other activities and uncoordinated movements. Many with Asperger’s will also experience anger and temper outbursts, usually as a result of intense anxiety. Many of the mentioned symptoms can read more »

With the UK having one of the highest self-harm rates in Europe questions are being raised about the quality of health care available to them. In a self-harm report conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists over half of the 1,500 members surveyed felt they or their team did not have sufficient training to assess read more »

In todays society we are constantly presented with images of what is deemed ‘perfect’. Body dysmorphic disorder is a chronic illness in that is defined by an excessive preoccupation with an imagined or a minor defect, or in plain english, someone who who views themselves as imperfect, ugly, misshapen. Treatment ranges from medication to cognitive read more »

Most of us will have flippantly used the term ‘shopoholic’ for describing a friend or even had the term aimed at ourselves, but very little of us really understand the true gravity of what it is like to be a compulsive shopper. It is not a case of going on the odd shopping spree after read more »

Often the root of our depression is buried deep in our subconscious. This could be anything from a negative body image right through to a childhood memory. We are often unaware of the sources of these troubled feelings but hypnotherapy is something that could help peel back the layers in order to access and eliminate read more »

Most people know Lowri Turner for transforming peoples homes but now she is making a name for herself transforming peoples health and well-being. It seems strange that a women who not so long ago had an addiction to Diet Coke and a 50 a day cigarette habit is now a qualified nutritionist and hypnotherapist. However, read more »

Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder that is characterised by physical and or verbal ticks. The symptoms range in severity and include verbal ticks such as grunting, throat clearing and shouting obscene words (Coprolalia) and the physical symptoms include involuntary actions and flinches and also include Copropraxia which is the involuntary action of obscene gestures. read more »