The work of DPC focuses mainly on the following areas:

• Stress-related disorders
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Personality and behavioral problems
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
• Eating  Disorders
• Physical symptoms/disorders related to psychological conditions (Somatization disorder, Psychosomatic Disorders, Hypochondriacal disorder)

• Psychiatric disorders in adolescents
• Learning difficulties

• Selected Old Age Psychiatry conditions

• Defective intellectual abilities

• Psychotic disorders (controlled stable cases)

• Our work with addiction focuses mainly on comorbid substance abuse (substance abuse associated with psychological problems)
• Clients under the age of 12 are referred to our partner child psychiatry center: daymanashab.com.
• Active psychotic cases and cases who are in need of hospitalization are referred to Dar El Mokattam for Mental Health Hospital daralmokattam.org.

We all have our bad days. However, when it becomes increasingly difficult to get through your day and cope with daily problems, it may be time to seek help.

Here are a few signs that you or your loved one may want to consult a mental health professional:

• Prolonged depression, sadness or irritability (2 or more weeks)
• Feelings of extreme highs and lows
• Excessive fears, worries and anxieties
• Disinterest or refusal to participate in previously enjoyable activities
• Strong feelings of anger
• Growing inability to cope with daily problems and activities
• Suicidal thoughts
• Numerous unexplained physical pains
• Deterioration or abandonment of normal hygiene
• Substance use or abuse
• Consistent difficulty in making friends and interacting with peers
• Dramatic changes in eating or sleeping habits (too much or too little)
• Intense fear of weight gain
• Significant decline in academic performance
• Inability to cry or excessive crying
• Recurring obsessions, racing and/or uncontrollable thoughts
• Unusual beliefs influencing interaction with others