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A recent report showed that around 18.6 million self-help books are sold in the US each year with financial profits from the industry projected to reach $14 billion by 2025, in the US alone.This...

A recent report showed that around 18.6 million self-help books are sold in the US each year with financial profits from the industry projected to reach $14 billion by 2025, in the US alone.This...

I recently met a friend who lost twenty kilograms of body weight over one year. I was very interested to hear his experience, especially since my previous dieting experiences were far from...

THE American movie 'The Beekeeper' starts with the story of an old woman who gets scammed by a corporate cyber-scam that hacked her email and wiped out her savings and a significant trust she was...

A client who attended my clinic last week informed me that his cousin shot himself and died. The family noticed that he was becoming more withdrawn, neglecting himself, and refusing to go to work.He...

Last week several news channels reported about the newly approved medication for Alzheimer’s with titles such as ‘No more Alzheimer’s’ and ‘New Hope for people with Alzheimer’s’.A few...

A client who has been stressed lately at work takes up his friend's advice to try out a Chatbot. He was initially reluctant, but the friend convinced him the application could give him tips for...

I recently came across a tweet in Arabic that translates to ‘In the psychiatric hospitals, we don’t receive patients, but their victims’.My initial response was that of anger as such a statement...

Ahmed was in his late twenties when his first son was born. He was both anxious and excited about being a father. Unfortunately, the boy was diagnosed with brain cancer and died within months after...

Ahmed is in his mid-thirties and has been on medication and therapy for an episode of depression. During our last session, he mentioned an incident that made him feel ‘unwanted.’He was visiting...

July 30 is World Friend’s Day, a time designated to mark a special form of relationships that we tend to make with people that we consider family even when there are no blood ties between us.The...

WE often hear about violent attacks on civilians in different cities from the white American supremacy group, the Ku Klux Klan, to the recent shooting in Muscat.I have always been interested in...

If you are a mental health professional or have a family member with severe mental illness, then you would understand the struggle that one goes through to convince them to take medication even when...

WE watch social media videos of people protesting the genocide in Gaza by marching in big cities, gathering in universities demanding cease fire, or boycotting products that support the occupation.We...

At a recent family gathering, a cousin approached me with questions about psychiatric medications. He wanted to know if they were addictive.When could a person stop taking them? And whether they have...

Ahmed (not his real name) is in his late twenties, and worked at a private company for the past 4 years. He believes that someone is always watching him.His family tried to reassure him and check for...

Dr Oliver Sacks is a British neurologist who wrote a series of books on some of the mysterious workings of the human brain capturing the experiences of his patients compassionately and...

A colleague sent his son to see a dentist, Dr A who recommended non-surgical treatment. Two years later the son had to see a different doctor when Dr A was on leave.The new doctor discovered that the...

The TV documentary ‘Three Strangers’ tells the story of the American triplets who were born in 1961 and adopted by different families immediately after birth as a part of an experiment conducted...

A few weeks ago, I received a friend request on Facebook from a middle-aged man who said he was from Germany and worked as a flight attendant and bitcoin trader.He would text me in the afternoon and...