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How the mind works and what helps when it struggles — talking therapies explained, panic, OCD and trauma, ADHD and autism, personality and relationships, habits and sleep, and the ways stress and emotion show up in the body. Written to separate what the research supports from what the internet claims, and to say plainly when something needs a professional rather than an article.

Psychology
Codependency: when caring for others costs you yourself
Codependency is a popular idea, not a diagnosis. Caring deeply for family is healthy; losing yourself entirely, or enabling someone's harm, is not.
Aslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): how it works

CBT helps you spot the thoughts and habits that keep anxiety and low mood going, and test them in real life. What happens in sessions, what it treats, and its limits.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20267 min read

Psychology

Cognitive biases: the thinking shortcuts that mislead us about health

Cognitive biases are predictable errors built into normal thinking. Knowing the common ones helps you judge medicines, forwards and advice more clearly.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Dopamine: what it really does, and what 'dopamine detox' gets wrong

Dopamine is less a 'happy chemical' than a signal for wanting, learning and movement. Here is what it does, how drugs and apps exploit it, and what 'dopamine detox' misses.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and ARFID

Eating disorders are serious, treatable mental illnesses that affect boys and men as well as girls, and people of every weight. Here is what to look for and what helps.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Emotional intelligence: what the science actually says

Emotional intelligence is a real, measurable set of skills — but the popular claim that ‘EQ matters more than IQ’ goes further than the evidence.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20267 min read

Psychology

Exam stress: coping with Matric, FSc, MDCAT and entry tests

Some exam nerves help; panic, sleepless nights and study pills do not. Study methods that work, sleep and food before exams, and how parents can help.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Exercise and mental health: how movement helps depression and anxiety

Regular exercise, including brisk walking, reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety in clinical trials. It works best as part of care, not instead of it.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20267 min read

Psychology

Gaming disorder: when gaming becomes a problem

Most heavy gamers do not have gaming disorder. The line is crossed when gaming takes control and damages sleep, studies, work or family life for months.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Gaslighting: what it is, examples, and how to respond

Gaslighting is a pattern of manipulation that makes you doubt your own memory and judgement. It is not the same as an ordinary disagreement.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Grief and bereavement: what is normal and when to get help

Grief has no fixed stages or timetable. What normal grief looks like, how faith and family help, how children grieve, and when grief needs professional support.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20268 min read

Psychology

Health anxiety: when worry about illness takes over

Health anxiety is persistent fear of having a serious illness despite reassurance. Checking, googling and repeated tests keep it going; CBT breaks the cycle.

ACAslam Clinic Editorial Team

27 Sept 20267 min read

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