by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
It is extremely rare to find someone who enjoys work 100% of the time. Even those of us who love what we do for a living may, at times, not feel like clocking in. The idea of having to get up, leave the house and trek to the office – in all weathers – can...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Individuals struggling with chronic pain are at increased risk for mental health problems such as anxiety and depression; substance use disorders including alcoholism, drug addiction and prescription medicine dependency. Most of us have experienced acute pain in some... by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Early 2020 saw the Covid-19 pandemic strike fast and furiously across the globe. Governments quickly imposed strict stay-at-home orders, nationwide lockdowns, and heavy restrictions on any form of social interaction, all designed to curb the spread of the deadly...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
The terms anxiety and depression are frequently used when talking about mental health. Since these are two of the most commonly occurring psychological conditions in the world,then that is to be expected. But what are they? And are they the same? Anxiety and...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
In a recent study (December 2021) funded by the NIH (National Institute for Health), and published in the medical journal Nature Medicine, researchers captured over a 1000 hours of brain images from patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The data...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
With the latest strains of the Covid virus being seemingly less ferocious, global governments are implementing strategies and health measures to enable a reopening of a world that hasbeen temporarily shuttered during a pandemic that has had an enormous impact on the...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Alcohol is the intoxicating component in wine, beer, and spirits like vodka and whiskey. Yes,it is a drug. It is a psychoactive substance which means it affects the way the brain works, triggering changes in mood, perception, thoughts, feelings, or behaviour. For many...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
The school holidays are coming to an end. Following six weeks of having the kids at home, hanging around under your feet; after snacks and entertainment (pre-teens); or sleeping in until lunchtime then rising and grunting at you (teenagers); getting them back into the...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Over 5% of all deaths worldwide result from the harmful use of alcohol. It is a factor in over 200 different illnesses, diseases, and injuries. In addition to the health repercussions of alcohol misuse – it has huge negative consequences on society both socially...
by ibizacalm_obp0x5 | Aug 27, 2024 | News
Figures published earlier this year (2021), by the Home Office, show that cannabis and cocaine continue to be the most popular illegal drugs in the UK. Amphetamines have become more widespread in the north of England and nitrous oxide use has risen in the...