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What is Psychoneuroimmunology?

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is a discipline that has emerged during the last four decades to investigate the link between immunity, the endocrine system, and the central and peripheral neurological systems. Neurotransmitters, hormones, and neuropeptides have been shown to influence immune cells,

Pets

Can Cats help us Improve our Mental Health?

While Cats are so darn picky creatures yet around 10 to 30 percent of us call ourselves “cat people”—not dog people,. So why do we choose to bring these fluffballs into our homes—and spend over hundreds and thousands on one who isn’t

Health

Why Do Women Face Mental Health Issues During And After Pregnancy?

Mental illness is widespread, and the burden of poor functioning and health is still rising globally even with the expansion of resources and treatment options. There is a widespread misconception that the hormones secreted during pregnancy shield women against mental

Awareness

10 Tips To Take Care of Teacher’s Mental Health

Being a teacher is a very demanding profession. It requires dealing with fragile and easily influenced minds all day. They face various stressors in their profession from managing their classroom and curriculum demands to dealing with student behavior and administrative

Self Help

Forgiveness – The Golden Virtue 

Great beings in the past have said that forgiveness is not for someone else but rather for yourself. Harboring anger and hurt is like holding a piece of charcoal in your own hand and expecting the other person to burn.

Awareness Social

Noise: A disturbing movie about Displaced Anger

Your anger will pass. But your mean words can scar a person for life. Sandhya Ram Mahindra’s short movie Noise foregrounds the ill effects of displaced aggression and illustrates how anger pollutes the emotional environment. A poignant, disturbing movie portraying

News

Study: Prenatal Depression linked to Premenstrual disorders

Perinatal depression is a mood disorder that occurs during pregnancy and after childbirth. In rare cases, the symptoms are severe enough that a mother and her baby’s health and well-being may be at risk. Read More: Understanding and Preventing Perinatal

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Mysophobia: Symptoms, Cause and Treatment

Mysophobia is a type of phobia based on an intense and illogical dread of dirt, germs, or contamination. It is reasonable and wise to be concerned about things like food cross-contamination, coming into contact with other people’s bodily fluids, and

Self Help

Anxiety: It’s not all in the mind

“You know what, I have figured it out. I can control my occasional anxiety attacks.” A patient in his 30s casually rationalises his state a few days after going through a panic attack. Everyone feels anxious from time to time.

Awareness

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Say No to Drinking During Pregnancy

We often hear about doctors and even any layperson recommending pregnant women to avoid drinking alcohol. Well, drinking for a woman is generally a taboo and judgmental issue, but here drinking alcohol for a pregnant woman can pose several negative

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