Couples therapy is a psychotherapeutic intervention, structured and guided by a specialist in psychiatry or psychology that includes a set of strategies and techniques whose objective is to redirect the love relationship so that it becomes a source of satisfaction and reciprocity. Its purpose is to help the couple to improve the bond, to unblock, … Read more
Paranoid schizophrenia is a mental illness that psychically affects different areas of life. Generally, it usually appears more or less abruptly during late adolescence to early adulthood. Thus, when speaking of schizophrenia, it can be divided into three groups depending on the symptoms: Positive symptoms: delusions and hallucinations….. Negative symptoms: listlessness, apathy, lack of interest, … Read more
Since the arrival of the virus and the declaration by the World Health Organization of pandemic status (epidemic disease spreading to many countries), fear has settled on our planet like a wild and devastating fire. The Covid-19 pandemic is the latest disease of a sick world. We have found ourselves helpless, lacking sufficient scientific certainty … Read more
The incidence of problems derived from the use and abuse of alcoholic beverages by the female population seems to be increasing. This fact is considered to be true by many scholars on the subject. Since the sixties of the last century, it has been observed that alcohol consumption by women in our environment has spread … Read more
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that can cause episodes of high activity, energy, euphoria, making disproportionate plans or purchases, and sometimes irritability, called manic episodes, as well as depressive episodes with sadness, lack of energy, pessimism and even a desire to die and/or take one’s own life. These episodes usually last for weeks, especially … Read more
In Spain it is estimated that depression affects twice as many women as men, 10 women to 5 men. Depression is the most common mental illness and one of the main causes of disability. The risk of suffering a cardiovascular disease is twice as high in people with a depressive disorder and people with chronic … Read more
There are many ways to define psychotherapy. For example: “treatment modality for psychic, psychosomatic or organic disorders, in which the health professional has the objective of modifying thoughts, feelings and behaviors in the patient, in order to improve his relationship with himself and his environment”. The treatment method is developed through the therapist/patient relationship; using … Read more
Anxiety disorders are the most frequent pathologies in childhood and adolescence. The best known anxiety disorder is panic disorder, a neurotic disorder that occurs when repeated crises of anxiety occur. It combines physical symptoms (palpitations, shortness of breath, tingling, dizziness) with psychological symptoms (irrational fear, sense of loss of control and feeling of alienation from … Read more
The loss of a loved one is a hard thing to go through, but it cannot be avoided. Death is the most significant break we are exposed to as people, but it is not the only one. Dr. Sanz García, an expert in Psychiatry, talks about the importance of grief and its contribution to personal … Read more
Is depressive disorder a mental illness? Yes, it is a mental illness, although many people do not consider it a disease but a kind of laziness or discouragement that they can control themselves with their personal resources, but it turns out that it is not, the confusion due to ignorance is widespread in the population. … Read more