Mental Health, Explained Plainly
Education is a large part of what Dr. Asfaw does, in the clinic and in the classroom. These articles cover what patients most often ask about, written without jargon and without talking down.
What Actually Happens in a First Psychiatric Appointment
Most people put off a first appointment because they do not know what it involves. Here is the whole thing, start to finish, with nothing left vague.
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Why We Always Ask About Sleep First
Sleep is not a side issue that resolves once the real problem is treated. It is often the lever that moves everything else.
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Antidepressants: What the First Eight Weeks Really Look Like
Most people who stop early do it in the first fortnight, for reasons that are entirely predictable and largely avoidable if you know what is coming.
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Adult ADHD, or Something That Looks Like It?
Adult ADHD is genuinely under-diagnosed. It is also genuinely over-assumed. Both of those are true at once, and the difference matters.
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Panic Attacks: Why They Feel Exactly Like a Heart Attack
A racing heart, a tight chest and a certainty that something is very wrong. There is a straightforward physiological reason it feels that convincing.
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How to Support Someone Who Will Not Seek Help
Watching someone struggle and refuse help is its own kind of exhausting. A few things reliably help, and a few reliably backfire.
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If something here sounded like you, an evaluation will tell you far more than an article can.