In the year 2026, mental health care has firmly established itself as an unquestionable priority in our society. However, despite significant advances in scientific communication and the progressive reduction of social stigma, psychopharmacological treatment remains surrounded by a dense fog of misinformation, unfounded fears, and widespread misconceptions. Among all available clinical tools, medications intended to regulate mood accumulate the greatest amount of irrational prejudice in popular culture. It is very common that when attending a specialized psychiatry or psychology consultation in Palma de Mallorca, patients display...

Hyperconnectivity, constant notifications, and the immediate consumption of audiovisual content have completely transformed how our brains process pleasure and reward. We live submerged in an environment designed to capture our attention indefinitely, which has popularized the concept of a dopamine detox (or dopamine fast) as an essential therapeutic tool to restore cognitive balance and mitigate psychological fatigue. Despite what its commercial name suggests, this practice does not aim to eliminate a vital neurotransmitter, but rather to regulate the external stimuli that saturate our brain receptors. At...

Affective relationships constitute one of the fundamental pillars of human psychological well-being. However, when the romantic bond ceases to be based on reciprocity, self-respect, and freedom, and becomes sustained by obsessive need, submission, and a diffuse panic of solitude, we are facing a clinical picture of emotional dependency. This condition is characterized by chronic relational asymmetry where the individual renounces their own identity, needs, and values for the sole purpose of preserving the presence of the other person and avoiding a perception of catastrophic abandonment. In...

Adolescence is a critical transitional stage characterized by profound brain reorganization, the search for identity, and an overwhelming need for peer belonging. In today's social context, this maturation process no longer unfolds solely in traditional physical spaces; it is heavily mediated by the digital environment. The relationship between social media and teenagers has become a central focus of concern for clinical psychology, psychiatry, and families, given its direct impact on young people's emotional balance. At our Bonaire Salut clinic, located in the center of Palma de...