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NIMHANS Study Explores Role of Childhood Trauma in Psychiatric Disorders

A NIMHANS study has recently found that temperamental traits and negative childhood experiences may cause psychiatric vulnerability, leading to disorders in adults. The researchers examined four broad dimensions of adult temperament along with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The research found

Health

The Role of Gut Microbiota in Mood and Mental Disorders

The human gut microbiota consists of about 100 trillion microorganisms (including bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms). It is huge and complex, with more individual cells than the human body, and so active that it can be considered to be

Education

Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders: What Research Shows

Everything that performs a function requires energy. From the devices used in everyday life and the complex systems that sustain the human body. The brain is particularly demanding of energy. The adult brain consumes approximately 20% of the body’s energy, while

Health Research

Visual Agnosia and Achromatopsia: Understanding the Brain’s Visual Disorders

Imagine walking up one Sunday ready to begin your day. It seems like a regular day, and you reach for your favourite newspaper… just to realise that suddenly you can’t read it. No matter how hard you try, words have lost

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Mental Disorders Overtake Cancer and Heart Disease as the World’s Biggest Cause of Disability

Mental disorders have become the leading cause of disability across the world, overtaking cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and musculoskeletal disorders, according to a major global study published in The Lancet. Researchers say the findings reflect a worsening mental health crisis affecting millions of people

Awareness

Emotional Dysregulation as a Core Mechanism in Personality Disorders

We often confess to reacting in an overwhelmed way, shouting in anger, uncontrollable crying and impulsive behaviours. This affects our daily routine, work, relationships, and mental health. Emotions are a way of expressing our feelings strongly and help us to

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When Nothing Feels Good: Understanding Anhedonia in Mood Disorders

Approximately 70% of individuals diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) experience anhedonia, the progressive, pervasive loss of the capacity for pleasure, motivation, and connection that researchers now recognise as one of the most clinically significant and most persistently undertreated features

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Cognitive Challenges in People with Schizophrenia and Personality Disorders

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects the way a person thinks, feels, and perceives reality. Individuals may experience confusion, fear, and uncertainty about what is real. They may struggle to understand others, trust their own thoughts, or correctly interpret

Relationship

Love Beyond Labels: Understanding Mood Disorders in Dating and Relationships

Relationships rarely unfold in a straight line. They move through slow mornings, unexpected stresses, changing routines and those quiet moments when you’re trying to understand what your partner is really feeling. Most couples learn each other’s patterns over time, when