Psychology
ADHD in children: signs, diagnosis and treatment
ADHD is more than an active child. What the signs are, what else can look like it, how it is assessed, and which treatments help at each age.
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Psychoeducation
Also known as Psycho-education, Patient education
Clear information about a mental health condition — what it is, why it happens, how it is treated and what helps — given to the person and often their family. It is usually the first step of treatment.
In Psychology
Psychoeducation means learning about what you are dealing with. Understanding that a racing heart in a is adrenaline rather than a heart attack, or that has early warning signs you can learn to spot, can reduce fear and shame by itself.
It is part of almost every therapy and often the first thing offered. NICE guidance on anxiety recommends education and psychoeducational groups as early steps, and guided self-help for often uses psychoeducation materials.
Why families matter here
In Pakistan, families often decide about care, and relatives may see illness as weakness or laziness. Including family — explaining the condition, the treatment and how they can help — reduces at home and can make it easier to stay with treatment.
Where this comes up
Psychology
Bipolar disorder: highs, lows and staying well
Bipolar disorder causes episodes of depression and of mania or hypomania. With the right medicine, a steady routine and a relapse plan, most people live full lives.
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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.
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Psychology
Schizophrenia and psychosis: signs, causes and treatment
Psychosis means losing touch with what is real; schizophrenia is one cause of it. Both are treatable, and the sooner treatment starts, the better recovery tends to be.
27 Sept 202610 min read
Related terms
- PsychotherapyTalking therapy, Talk therapyTreatment through regular, structured conversations with a trained professional, to help with mental illness, emotional problems or unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour.
- Cognitive behavioural therapyCBT, Cognitive behavioral therapyA structured, time-limited talking therapy that helps you notice and change the thoughts and behaviours that keep a problem going. It is a first-line treatment for depression and most anxiety problems.
- StigmaMental health stigma, Self-stigmaNegative attitudes, stereotypes and discrimination directed at people with a condition. In mental health it is the shame and fear that stop many people from seeking help.
- Bipolar disorderBipolar affective disorder, Manic depressionA long-term condition with episodes of depression and episodes of abnormally high or irritable mood (mania or hypomania), usually lasting days to weeks, with more stable periods in between.