To a high extent, the work of a psychotherapist consists of the treatment of the various forms of depression, so I’ve always tried to improve my understanding of this particular form of mental disorder – and of its most extreme form, the idea to commit suicide. So I’ve continuously gathered data on suicide – here […]
Have you recently experienced someone acting completely out of line or losing control over themselves? In Psychiatry, patterns of repetitive behavior during childhood and adolescence where the social norms or boundaries of others are violated are called ‘conduct disorder‘. I am not a particular fan of this term as it reminds me a bit of […]
When I first came to Thailand, I wondered: given the healthy Thai cuisine, why are so many people – especially expats – overweight? Take a look on any street: at least one in three expats is obese. This is a high percentage, comparable only with the ‘fattest’ States in the USA, and is responsible for […]
When they hear the word ‘depression’, many people think of sad or hopeless individuals who can’t cope with a life event, who are living withdrawn and are often crying their existence. But in fact this is only rarely the case. In a U.S. study published in 1996, for example, only a third of the patients […]
Talking about ‘sex addiction’ in certain Asian cities is like talking about alcoholism during the ‘Oktoberfest’ in Munich: a firework of dirty jokes and winking confessions (‘yes, I’m an addict, too!’) are standard elements of these conversations. However, few people seem to know what sex addiction really is or means. Sexual addiction (sometimes also called […]
‘One for the road…’ – pretty much everyone of us has said that at certain occations, like with friends in a cozy round or during a party. If the ‘one’ is followed by another, however, maybe even on a regular basis, a problem exists. Living in a holiday destination, too, I know just as well […]
Research has shown that, for men over 40 and women after the menopause, having one or two small drinks a day can help prevent coronary heart disease. However, it is estimated that most of the people are risking their health by drinking more than the recommended daily amount of alcohol. In the alcohol-related German-lanauge part […]
Ab wann hat man nach medizinischen und psychologischem Fachverständnis eigentlich tatsächlich ein Alkohol-Problem? Da sowohl von Klienten als auch im Diskussions-Forum meiner Website diese Frage regelmäßig aufkommt, hier ein kurzer Abriß der Kriterien, nach denen üblicherweise “Alkoholismus” bzw. Alkohol-Abhängigkeit definiert wird. “Alkoholismus” stellt heute eigentlich keinen genauen wissenschaftlichen Begriff mehr dar. In der Diagnostik wird […]