Mental & Health

Physiotherapy for Geriatrics

  Charmi Kodithuwakkuarachchi  an  experienced Physiotherapist with 10+ years in the fields of Orthopaedic, Rheumatology and rehabilitation, Medical and Surgical…

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Sexual abuse in Sri Lanka.

By Dr Marcel de Roos (Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands)   In my psychology practice I hear time and again stories…

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Doing things the Sri Lankan way.

By Dr Marcel de Roos, Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands In the fourteen years that I live in Sri Lanka I…

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Emotions in the Boardroom

By Dr. Marcel de Roos (Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands)www.marcelderoos.com In my psychology practice I have coached many business people from…

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Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders: a cry for (self)love?

By Dr. Marcel de Roos (Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands),www.marcelderoos.com Eating disorders are serious diseases. The physical and social consequences are…

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Depression, the serotonin myth debunked

  Recently (July 2022) an article in Nature (which cited a comprehensive study in the journal of Molecular Psychiatry in…

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The trouble with the DSM-5

The psychiatrists’ bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM, fifth edition), is an arbitrary classification system with…

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Breast cancer and emotional support

The diagnosis breast cancer and the following treatment have major consequences for the patient and her family. The feelings you…

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Abusive relationships

“I hardly felt the physical pain; the mental terror was the worst”. This is what I usually hear in my…

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What makes a relationship / marriage work?

By Dr Marcel de Roos, Psychologist PhD, the Netherlands One of the most complicated things for two people is to…

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