Maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle, with exercise and lots of interests, can decrease the effects of aging. Still, memory does decline with age, although recall is usually affected more than recognition. (In other words, the person recognizes the face of a distant acquaintance, but is unable to recall the name.) People tend to exaggerate Read more
Jasmine was seventeen and in her third year of secondary school when her favourite aunt died suddenly. Her parents both worked, and she was often alone in the evenings, so she had been in the habit of visiting her aunt on her way home from school each day. They would have long talks about work Read more
Arteries are the vessels that carry blood with oxygen from the heart and lungs to all parts of the body, including the brain. Our cells require a steady supply of this oxygen in order to do their work. A lack of blood flow for more than four minutes can kill the cells of the body Read more
Phillipa was a sixty-eight-year-old widow who had lost her husband after a lengthy illness three years previously. She was lonely, fearful and desolate. She and her husband had been active politically, they had had lively dinner parties and discussion groups with colleagues, but all that had ceased with his death. She was convinced that she Read more
Esther, who is eighty and checks the obituaries daily, reported to her therapist that in the last month three people she had gone to elementary school with had died. She said she couldn’t remember so many people dying so often since World War Two. A single death can leave us sad and bereft for years; Read more
Psychosocial therapies include all the ‘talking therapies’. They can be very helpful for milder forms of depression. We can divide them into three major groups: – cognitive behavioural – interpersonal – short-term psychodynamic In day-to-day practice, most therapists use a combination of many types of therapy. Both the therapist and you are active -exchanging observations, Read more
Possible ways of managing Depression Many treatments and therapists are available. You’ll have to decide what type of approach suits you best. Often this depends on where you live and, if you have health insurance, what type of treatment your insurance covers. A good place to start is probably with your general practitioner. He or Read more