MARCELO GOBBO JR.Artem Curant Family Medicine and Mental Health
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The edge of the bed near midday, with strong light coming through the windowSeen from behind, a person sitting on the edge of the bed with dropped shoulders and arms hanging at their sides, feet on the floor, a rumpled duvet behind and a bright window ahead, in pastel tones.
Mental health · Sep 2, 2026
I sleep too much and eat too much, could this be depression?
Sleeping too much, eating too much and feeling your arms go heavy is also depression, and this form takes longer to be recognised.
Read the essay → The kitchen table late at night, with a phone lying face downA kitchen table seen head on at the end of the night, with two chairs, two mugs and a phone lying face down between them, lit by a low pendant lamp, in pastel tones.
Mental health · Sep 2, 2026
My son is gambling, how do I help?
What the research shows about gambling and gambling disorder in young people, what actually protects, and what a family can do after finding out.
Read the essay → Someone moving closer to a person who has pulled awayTwo people sitting on a bench, in pastel tones. The one on the right is curled up and turned away. The one on the left holds a phone with a message written on it and leans toward her. An ochre thread runs from the message across to the second person.
Mental health · Aug 18, 2026
How do you help someone reach out for mental health care?
The delay before a first mental health appointment is measured in years, and a nudge from someone close is what shortens it most, research shows.
Read the essay → The medicine box still unopened on the tableA person sitting at the kitchen table, in pastel tones, looking at the unopened medicine box and the full glass of water in front of them. An ochre thread runs from the box up to their hand.
Family medicine · Aug 17, 2026
Health beliefs, why knowing what to do is not enough
Research on health beliefs shows that what most moves someone to care for themselves is not fear, but believing that the treatment actually works.
Read the essay → A study desk at night, seen from aboveA study desk lit by a lamp, seen from above, with a notebook covered in small handwriting, a half-used blister pack, a pen and a mug, in pastel tones.
Mental health · Aug 14, 2026
My mind never stops. Is this ADHD or anxiety?
A full mind and a scattered mind arrive with the same sentence, I cannot concentrate. Here is what I look at in the office to tell them apart.
Read the text → The dinner table seen from the kitchen doorwaySeen from a doorway, two people sit facing each other at a dinner table under a lit pendant lamp, with a still-full plate between them, in pastel tones.
Mental health · Aug 10, 2026
Eating disorders in adolescence, what can caregivers do?
The question caregivers ask is usually about blame. Families do not cause the disorder, and they are allies of the treatment with the strongest evidence in adolescence.
Read the essay → An adult sitting on the floor, at the child’s heightAn adult and a child sitting on the floor facing each other, stacking blocks between them, under a warm sun, in pastel tones.
Mental health · Aug 9, 2026
I’m a father, how do I help my child feel secure?
A father’s involvement has an effect of its own on his children’s mental health. What builds the bond is not entertaining, it is reading the child’s signal.
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