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Awareness

How Workplace Harassment Affects Mental Health

Work isn’t just a place where we earn a living. We spend a huge part of our lives there. So, when the workplace itself becomes toxic, the impact can spill into our lives far beyond office walls. Workplace harassment isn’t

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Billie Eilish Battles Paranoia Amid Ongoing Harassment

Recent news highlights the signs of paranoia of the Grammy and Oscar Awards winner Billie Eilish. Her continuous struggle with stalking and harassment now started taking a toll on her mental health.  This doesn’t happen all of a sudden. There’s

Positive Self Help

Creating Safe Workspaces: Addressing Harassment and Bullying

Remember the Karti Chidambaram case of 2018? Chidambaram, son of then Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, was accused of workplace bullying and harassment by his former employee of his company, Sukanya Singh. She claimed that she faced abusive behaviour, and the

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1 in 6 Teenagers reports Online Harassment, WHO

Nearly one in six adolescents have experienced cyberbullying, an international study has found. In the second volume of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, WHO/Europe Today. The latest data from 2018 to 2022 shows a concerning increase in

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India Fighting Against Workplace Sexual harassment

Any unwanted sexual behavior, approaches, or remarks that create a threatening, hostile, or offensive atmosphere in the workplace, in school, or in any other context constitute sexual harassment. Workplace exploitation is a very common problem faced in both developed and

Education Health News

Biology teacher taught reproduction chapter repeatedly: Held for sexual harassment

In Guna, Madhya Pradesh, a government school teacher has been sentenced to jail for sexually harassing girl students. The accused has been booked under the POSCO act by a special judge-led court. The teacher Pradeep Solanki has been suspended and

Awareness

Medical v/s Social Model of Disability: Understanding Disability from Two Perspectives 

What if the main thing preventing someone from having a fulfilling life is how society reacts, rather than the person’s disability? “Disability” has many meanings defined by experts and groups (Haegele & Hodge, 2016). According to the International Classification of Functioning,

Awareness Health

The Silent Mental Health Crisis In Healthcare 

In the past few years, a subtle yet potent crisis has been occurring behind the scenes of healthcare, one that doesn’t receive the level of attention that it should. While we consistently praise physicians, nurses, and other professionals for their

Awareness

Is Gender Dysphoria Associated With Paranoia in Patients?

Gender identity disorder (GID) is a distressing condition in which the patient has a strong and persistent desire to belong to a gender other than the one he or she is in, as well as a strong desire for sex

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‘Adolescence’ more than just a Netflix binge watch – Media portrayals and narratives

Television serves as a significant source of sexual education for teenagers and young adults, making it essential to examine how sexual behaviour and reproductive health are represented in popular cinema. Looking at the main key themes, including youth pregnancy and