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How to take care of your mental health while preparing for competitive exams?

Academic stress refers to the distress caused among students due to exams, studies, deadlines for submissions, competitive environment, etc. This stress often leads them to enter the vicious cycle of hope, fear of failure, despair, self-doubt, and at times burnout.

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COVID-19 AND MENTAL HEALTH : LANCET STUDY

A study published in the journal Lancet Regional Health-Americas reported that 42 percent of the total participants in the study were the victim of mild psychological distress and 10 percent of people were undergoing moderate to severe psychological distress. According to WHO, the

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DANCE AND MOVEMENT THERAPY: A CATALYST IN MENTAL WELL-BEING

If you only set people in motion they’re going to heal themselves -Gabrielle Roth A study conducted by the Stress, Trauma, and Anxiety Research Clinic (STARC) based in Detroit, Michigan on exploring the dance and movement therapies to help address

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“Y-BREAK” AT WORKPLACE

Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai, Minister of State for Ayush and Woman and Child Development requested people of our country to adopt a “Y-BREAK” to reduce stress and improves our productivity at the workplace. “Y-BREAK” stands for Yoga Break for few minutes

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SMART WATCHES AND MENTAL HEALTH

Technology has changed the world and made our life so much easier. Smartwatches have made monitoring heart rate tracking, physical activity, and health tracking right on our hands. They provide us quick access to notifications, we never miss our calls,

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WHO REPORT ON DEMENTIA

“People with dementia should be involved in all stages to create a Positive dementia society.”(1) -Berrie Holtzhausen, Namibia WHO published a report named “Global Status Report on the general public Health Response to Dementia”.(1) The report highlighted the challenges that

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YOGA AND MENTAL HEALTH

Even though the nationwide restrictions are loosening now and people can move out of their houses when they were completely restricted inside. This has taken a heavy toll on the majority of people’s mental health. During this time period, everybody

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YOUTH USING TATTOOS AS A PART OF HEALING PROCESS

Tattoos are prevalent in our society from the last 6000 years but it was not that popular before as it is now. We often see interesting tattoos on people’s bodies having their own meanings and significance which can be of

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Is leisure a waste of time?

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests people who think that feeling like leisure is wasteful and unproductive may lead to less happiness and higher levels of stress and depression. In different series of studies, researchers

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LYME DISEASE AND MENTAL HEALTH

Lyme disease is a vector-borne disease that is likely to be caused by the bacteria named Borrelia Burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected black-coloured legged ticks. Some Lyme disease symptoms can be fatigue, headache, fever,