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“Unmarried and Unhappy?” What Science Says About Singles and Depression

Cross-national research assessed individuals from different countries, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Korea, and Mexico, and analyzed a significant amount of information. Its findings conclusively revealed that unmarried people are prone to depressive symptoms. This large,

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Is it possible to treat people with Substance Use Disorders using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)? 

Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) can be defined as “a cluster of cognitive, behavioural and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using the substance despite significant substance-related problems” (APA, 2013). It can arise from a maladaptive pattern of behaviours and

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The Compassion Trap: How Empathy Could Become a Liability 

Compassion is counted as a virtue—a fundamental quality that fosters good relationships, makes others feel comfortable, and provides the emotional boost that enables people to operate well within society. However, there is also too much of a good thing. The concept is

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Why do some Women fall for toxic men?

For years debate has raged on the attraction of women to “bad boys”. A lot of questions have been raised, why some women are attracted and drawn to the bad boys, who seem rebellious, willful, or even toxic? Although everyone

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What Brought So Many People to Kumbh Mela?

The Kumbh Mela, a grand confluence of spirituality, ritual, and community, provides an ideal lens through which we can study the complex dynamics of psychological and societal consciousness. From an Indian psychological perspective, it represents a synthesis of ancient traditions

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Yoga and Meditation Practitioners Deal with Negative Emotions More Effectively

A research studied the effects of yoga meditation practice on emotion and cognition at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University. The study included 14 participants, 7 with yoga and meditation practice, and 7 with meditation-naive subjects (control

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How to practice Random act of Kindness? 

Being nice to someone is an effortless way of enhancing the world. An act of kindness is when a person does something good for someone else without expecting anything in return and is taken by surprise. Such deeds do not

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Research: Analysis of the Heart’s Nervous System 

Scientists from Columbia University and the Karolinska Institute recently issued a ground-breaking finding about the heart’s neurological system, known as the intracardiac nervous system (IcNS). Also called the heart’s “mini-brain,” this mechanism contradicts conventional wisdom that the brain controls the heart’s

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Psychology Behind Divorce

While the recent rumours of Divorce amidst Virendra Sehwag and his wife Aarti after 2 decades of marriage has shocked netizens, it is interesting to know why divorces actually happen. We no more live in a world where divorces is

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पेंडुलम लाइफस्टाइल: जेनरेशन ज़ी के लिए संतुलित जीवन का नया मंत्र

जेनरेशन ज़ी (1997 से 2012 के बीच जन्मे लोग) और तेज़-रफ़्तार ज़िंदगी जीने वाले अन्य लोगों के लिए मानसिक सेहत, शारीरिक तंदुरुस्ती और जीवन से संतुष्टि बनाए रखना आसान नहीं है। इसके लिए काम के व्यस्त समय और आराम के