Mental Health Awareness - DOHR: HR and Recruitment for SMEs

The Elephant in the Room: Mental Health – Psychosis

Posted on May 13, 2021 (June 22, 2021) by Donna Obstfeld

The main forms of psychosis are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, it often takes a long time to diagnose properly and to treat effectively. Psychosis is a condition in which the person has changes in their thinking, perception, mood and / or behaviour. As you might imagine, all of these can be a problem in […]

The Elephant in the Room: Mental Health – Self-harm

Posted on May 12, 2021 (June 22, 2021) by Donna Obstfeld

Self-harm is widely misunderstood. There are many people who self-harm as a way of exerting control over themselves or a situation. Contra to popular belief, self-harm is NOT an attempted suicide, however, the people who self-harm are at increased risk of suicide, often because the stress triggers are the same. Self-harm is a behaviour which […]