According to the WHO, India is the most depressed country in the world, with One in Twenty Indians affected by depression. Clinical Depression disorder is rampant in India, with a mortality rate only behind diabetes and cardio-vascular disease. As it
Web Series Breathe: Into the Shadows, brings light on showcasing Dissociative Identity Disorder Breathe: Into the shadows, a recent Indian web series has stirred up a lot of review and discussion. No doubt, the quality of Indian web shows and
It takes 5 minutes to clean up the spilled milk. But it takes much longer to clean up a broken spirit. Rebecca Eanes wrote this in her book and opened the door towards the poetical nature of parenting. “Parenting”, a
People seek therapies for various reasons. These include current circumstances, long-standing problems, and chronic problems, to search for personal growth and happiness, and also to get an insight in their life. Psychological treatment aims at reducing abnormal behavior by psychological
Taking cognizance of the figures suggesting that almost 1 in every 5 women experience mental health problems during pregnancy or after childbirth, the World Health Organization has issued guidelines for the integration of perinatal mental health in maternal and child
In spite of the stringent actions taken by government officials, the state of Punjab remains a slave to the menace of drug addiction. The easy availability of drugs accounts for most drug addiction-related deaths that continue to haunt the state.
Criminal Psychology focuses on criminals and suspects, their perspectives, motives, thoughts, emotions, activities, and responses. Correctional psychology is a sub-field of applied psychology similar to criminal psychology, where principles of psychology, counseling, and therapy are applied to the Justice system
While smoking has dropped in Australia, recent research suggests that young people with mental health concerns consume tobacco at a higher rate than the overall population. This is especially true for persons suffering from more severe forms of mental disease.
Psychiatric patients have higher rates of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) than the general population, with many contributing factors including psychiatric illness, and lifestyle (e.g., unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, smoking, excessive alcohol use), clinical, and genetic
Dr. Mangala, Assistant Director at the Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), couldn’t believe what she was hearing when a patient expressed their reluctance to continue their medication to treat bipolar disorder after watching the 2019 Tamil film Nerkonda Paarvai, in which
