an educational handbook for your brain ↓
HEAD
CASE
Your head is a complicated place. Let's make some sense of it.
★ HEADCASE explains. It never diagnoses. Relating to something you read here doesn't mean you have it.
What's in the case file
the library
Conditions
What a condition is, what it can feel like, and how it's evaluated and treated.
experiences
Symptoms
Mood swings, dissociation, intrusive thoughts — and all the places they can show up.
the appointment
Evaluations
What actually happens, what they'll ask, and why they're asking.
side by side
The Overlap Room
When two conditions look alike: what overlaps and what clinicians look at.
options
Treatment
Therapy, meds, support — never one-size-fits-all.
the pharmacy shelf
Meds
What medications are, common side effects, and questions for your prescriber.
DBT, CBT, ERP…
Therapy
The alphabet soup, explained — including what a session can feel like.
the real ones
Human Questions
“What if they think I'm crazy?” And other things people actually wonder.
the questions behind the questions