I was asked to write a little bit about memory and how it works and why some people with PTSD end up with memory problems. What we call neurocognitive stuff isn’t my specialty, but I’ll do my best to explain the issue from a clinician’s perspective. Memory is made of multiple parts. To form a memory, we must first perceive…
Around about 20 years ago, President Bush number 2 and some people at the Pentagon who were probably not doctors got together and decided that for military purposes they were going to stop using the D for Disorder of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The thought was that if they called PTSD just Post Traumatic Stress and normalized it by dropping…
When asking friends about blog post suggestions, one suggested that I write about the effects of mental health on bad relationships. This brings us to a bit of a chicken/egg scenario. Mental health and mental illness are at the core about relationships. And relationships significantly impact mental health and mental illness. Early childhood and infant dynamics between child and caregiver…