Anxiety - Blogs & Blog Posts

What is Liability by Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Blog on Nov 6, 2009Liability for drug induced injuries did not become an issue of general concern until quite recently. However, a number of drug-induced problems from thalidomide in the 1960s to Opren and diethylstilbestrol in the 1970s have caused widespread public d...

What is consent? by Addiction Treatment and Mental Health Blog on Nov 6, 2009Over the past two decades there appears to have been a shift within health care from an expectation that patients with medical problems should entrust themselves passively to the care of physicians to an expectation that they should co-operate in the...

Four days lost by Drunk in Cardiff on Oct 30, 2009Just checking in and I see I haven't blogged for four days, which is fine, although not quite the once-a-day I'd planned for.Not a disaster though.My down has continued a little and last night I managed to explain it to Mrs CD a little - hey, perhaps...

Counselling - part two by Drunk in Cardiff on Oct 25, 2009The second part of my homework is much more practical - to build a framework for this new life.I explained to my counsellor the trouble I have motivating myself and the time I waste in bed just moping and self-loathing.She has suggested getting into...

And another thing by Drunk in Cardiff on Oct 25, 2009A very good thing happened last week and I forgot all about it. I've started playing football - in the pouring rain first time out. This is an overwhelmingly positive thing. Excercise produces endorphins, it's social and it's pleasure.I'm signed up t...

Counselling again - part one by Drunk in Cardiff on Oct 25, 2009Councelling continues to go well, and I've split the last session into two parts, because my homework from my counsellor is in two parts, and you know me - I just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on.We talked about my mood, and the fact...

Zombie Comedy by My Wandering Days on Oct 19, 2009I woke up on Saturday, and I was depressed.  A friend of mine recently posted a quote on her blog from Breakfast at Tiffany’s:”The blues are because you’re getting fat or because it’s been raining too long. You’re just sad, that’...