The Home for Writers with Neurological Conditions
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder affects pretty much everyone. Maybe you have it yourself. Or perhaps your partner has it, or your sibling, or an old childhood friend, or maybe your next-door neighbour. You might not even be aware of it, but the chances are high that you know someone who is obsessive-compulsive. In recent years, OCD has […]
Conditional Publications is the first and only publishing house dedicated to writers with neurological conditions, such as Tourette Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Autism, Epilepsy, Schizophrenia, and so many more. Buffer
Anyone in the UK (or with America with the BBC America channel) happen to see the recent new episode of Louis Theroux’s weird weekends, entitled ‘America’s Medicated Kids’? For those who missed it, he visited hospitals, special schools and families to find out about the extreme increase in children on medications. I know it will […]
In yesterday’s edition of the Evening Standard, there was an article on p. 26 about the latest Budget cuts affecting the British National Health Service. It seems that among many other substantial cuts, the government has put pressure on the NHS to seek £5 billion savings in the mental health area. As the Standard points […]
New research has revealed that people injected with doses of Botox actually find it harder to interpret photographs of people who are angry or sad – suggesting that when the physical aspect is impaired, it influences the mind. (Full article here) It’s obvious why this is fascinating, but it also demonstrates the likelihood that the […]
The Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of mental disorders (DSM) is soon to be released in its fifth revision. Before its publication, however, the public apparently have a say in the proposed revisions. Included in the proposal is the combination of all autistic disorders into one single entry for Autistic Spectrum Disorders – as well as […]
As someone who took various medications for three years and experienced SEVERE side effects that have emotionally scarred me even ten years on…and the drugs didn’t even work (!)…and as someone who instead went the psychology/therapy route and tried to understand more about myself and my difficulties, to come to a point of acceptance and […]
I’m sure we’ve all heard about the link between disorders such as autism/ADD and allergies to wheat and dairy. We’ve heard about the Glycaemic Index and making sure our blood-sugar levels are balanced. But how many of us are ready to put these ideas into practice in our daily lives? I, for one, have turned […]
In the January / February 2010 edition of ‘Scientific American Mind’, there is an article entitled From Throat to Mind: The case for strep throat-induced mental illness grows stronger. It discusses the much debated theory that conditions such as Tourette’s, OCD, Autism and ADHD are the result of autoimmune responses to strep infections in childhood. […]