How to prepare for your first appointment at The Blue Tree Clinic Here at Blue Tree, we understand that your first appointment can be daunting. It’s important to remember that, even just by getting in contact with us, you will have already made it over the first hurdle. Here’s what to expect after...

Do I have an anxiety disorder? The term anxiety disorder covers a whole range of conditions including panic, phobias,  OCD, social anxiety and even PTSD. In the UK, an estimated 1 in 4 people each year will experience common mental health problems like anxiety. Unfortunately, few people report their...

Millennials and Mental Health: Blue Tree intern Maddy Lykourgos discusses the barrier between millennials and mental health services There has been an increasing amount of attention brought to how millennials deal with everyday life stressors, and they’re often labelled the most lonely, anxious and...

Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 (14th-20th May) Blue Tree intern Maddy Lykourgos promotes Mental Health Awareness Week... This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is stress and how we cope with it. Naturally, stress impacts our state of mind, mood, emotions and how we perceive the world...

Last summer, Heidi Scrimgeour joined the tens of thousands of Britons who are on anti-depressant medication. A combination of factors – family concerns, work, being given notice on a rented house unexpectedly – tipped the 41-year-old over an unexpected edge. “I’d never thought of myself as someone...

As a consultant psychiatrist I have received a tonne of emails and messages in the past week about the news relating to the Lancet’s publication of the meta-analysis of 522 randomised control trials into the effectiveness of anti-depressants. And people want to know what I think, seeing as I...

Blue Tree intern Maddy Lykourgos discusses the impact of crimes such as burglary Breaking news stories exhibiting criminal activity continue to percolate all media making us feel unsettled at the possibility that we could be next. The thought that someone intends to do us harm as an individual can...

Why Can’t I Keep My New Year’s Resolution?  Blue Tree intern and aspiring psychologist Maddy Lykourgos describes the pressures of a new year and the dreaded resolutions Happy New Year from your team here at The Blue Tree Clinic! It’s that time of year again, once the festivities are over and the...

Blue Tree intern and aspiring psychologist Maddy Lykourgos discusses hearing voices Hearing voices is often the term used for hearing speech or sounds that no one else present can hear. This type of auditory hallucination can be distracting, confusing and particularly distressing. Contrastingly, it...