

OCD and Medicine
I always thought having obsessive-compulsive disorder was a very obvious ordeal. I thought the fact that I could open a door without...
Mar 21, 20222 min read


Grief – the disenfranchised, the delayed and the complicated
I was going to start of this post by explaining that I have a bizarre, convoluted relationship with grief, but I realised that like many...
Mar 7, 20225 min read


Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’-what can the clown prince of crime teach us about the world of psychiatry
*SENSITIVE CONTENT: abuse, violence, injury* *FILM SPOILERS* The most recent adaptation of ‘The Joker’, unlike its comic-based and often...
Feb 15, 20224 min read


The role of the social contagion hypothesis in dissociative identity disorder
An early Tuesday evening discussion about how ‘real’ dissociative identity disorder (DID) was prompted by a youtube video titled, ‘Is...
Feb 1, 20224 min read


FINCH APP REVIEW
Hello Everyone! To kick off the new term of PsychSoc blog posts, I’ll be starting with an app review of the self-care app “Finch”! With...
Jan 23, 20223 min read


Can Deaf People with Schizophrenia Have Auditory Hallucinations?
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder, with a wide range of symptoms, such as hallucinations, delusions and difficulty with concentration...
Dec 20, 20212 min read


Seasonal Affective Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), more colloquially known as seasonal depression. Is an illness prevalent in countries experiencing...
Dec 13, 20211 min read