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Mental Health Guides

Detailed, plain-language articles for patients and families. Start with the topic closest to your concern; a clinician must make the diagnosis.

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Each guide covers common signs, professional assessment, treatment principles, family support, visit preparation and situations that need urgent care.

Patient guide

Depression Symptoms: When to Seek Help

Depression is more than a difficult day. It can change mood, sleep, appetite, thinking, energy and everyday life—but effective help is available.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

Patient guide

Anxiety, Panic and Ongoing Worry: A Practical Guide

Anxiety becomes a health concern when fear or worry feels hard to control, keeps returning, or starts limiting ordinary life.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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OCD: Understanding Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsions

OCD is not simply liking cleanliness. It involves unwanted thoughts, images or urges and repeated actions or mental rituals that become difficult to control.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Bipolar Disorder: Mania, Depression and Long-Term Care

Bipolar disorder causes distinct episodes of unusually high or irritable mood and energy, often alongside episodes of depression.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Schizophrenia and Psychosis: Treatment and Family Support

Psychosis affects how a person understands reality. Early, respectful assessment can improve safety and help families begin appropriate care.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Alcohol and Drug Addiction: A Recovery Guide for Families

Addiction is a health condition—not a failure of willpower. Recovery often needs medical, psychological, family and practical support.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Sleep Problems and Insomnia: When to Seek Help

Poor sleep can be a symptom, a disorder or part of another medical or mental-health problem. The pattern matters more than one bad night.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Family Guide

Children and teenagers show distress through emotions, behaviour, body complaints, relationships and school performance—not always through words.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Women’s Mental Health Across Life Stages

Mental health can be affected by biological changes, caregiving, relationships, violence, work and social pressures across a woman’s life.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Memory Loss and Dementia: An Assessment and Caregiver Guide

Occasional forgetfulness is common. Dementia means changes in thinking become significant enough to interfere with independent daily life.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Older-Adult Mental Health: A Family Guide

Depression, anxiety and severe behavioural change are not an inevitable part of ageing. Older adults deserve careful, age-sensitive assessment.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.

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Headache, Seizure, Movement and Memory Symptoms: When to Seek Neurological Care

Headaches, seizures, tremor, movement change and memory symptoms have many possible causes. The timing and pattern help guide assessment.

General mental health education from Dr H N Roy Mental Clinic. Diagnosis and treatment require consultation.