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Pilates at Home
Staying well or getting well, if your staying at home can be harder. Exercise and improving fitness can help give you mental wellbeing, resillience and help you recover. When stuck at home it is an opportunity to get fit Occupying your time with constructive tasks also helps. With kind permission … Continue reading
Telephone or Video appointments
We are now moving from face to face appointments to telephone or video appointments. We aim to keep all appointments but inevitably this may have to change. Please keep an eye on your email or answer your phones and our admin will be in touch to confirm the arrangements with … Continue reading
Maintaining Mental Health in isolation
Everyone is social distancing and all unnecessary travel or contact has been advised Extra vigilance is advised for people over 70, those with underlying health conditions, or those pregnant. It is suggested that those in these groups may need to remain isolated for up to 3 months from the weekend. … Continue reading
Wash your hands for 20 Seconds
wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds always wash your hands when you get home or into work use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not … Continue reading
Corona Virus
The UK is now moving on from the ‘delay’ phase of managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As a result the advice around what to do if you begin to display symptoms of coronovirus infection has also been updated. The current guidance is to stay at home for 14 days if you … Continue reading
Urdu, Psychiatry in another language
Dr Muzaffar can speak and understand fluent Urdu. She understands Punjabi fully and has some basic Hindi knowledge as well. She can offer and tailor psychiatric assessments or Cognitive Analytical Therapy in Urdu. She has a knowledge of South Asian women’s cultural issues and dilemmas, the importance of the role … Continue reading
What to expect when you see a psychiatrist
What is a psychiatrist? A psychiatrist is a medically-qualified practitioner who will have spent 5-6 years training to be a doctor. He or she will then have worked as a doctor in general medicine and surgery for at least a year. He or she will then have had at least 6 years … Continue reading
Global Health promotion by Dr Muzaffar
Dr Muzaffar raises global equity of care as a passionate issue. The Center for Global Mental Health (CGMH) hosted the inaugural program of a series of Interest Group Sessions on Borderline Personality Disorder. The session was hosted at The Treehouse Psychiatry Clinic, by Prof. Fareed A. Minhas & Dr. Ayesha … Continue reading
Neuromodulation
The Psychiatrists Ltd are excited this year to start planning our partnership that will enable access for our patients to rTMS. Evidence of this treatment being effective for Depression and Anxiety disorders treatment is growing. We will aim to keep you updated but are excited by this development. We hope … Continue reading