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How Pollution Shapes Children’s Brain Development and Mental Health

Toddlers putting things into their mouths, school-aged children playing in a schoolyard and teenagers walking to school through traffic are all physical interactions with their immediate environment. Children need to explore physically to grow, by exploring through their five senses. But what

Awareness Health

The Psychology Behind Sugar Cravings: Why Sugar Feels So Addictive to the Brain

After we’ve had our fill of food, many of us still look to satisfy our sweet tooth. Not because your body needs energy. But because something inside you insists that just a little sugar will make everything feel better. Few people have

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The Hidden Mental Health Costs of Masking at Work

Riya scripts every smile until her jaw begins to ache, trying to polish a persona that she knows is bound to break. Her boss asks her to “focus.” he is unaware of the cost. Riya remains silent, too depleted to

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Community-Based Healing Circles and Culturally Grounded Interventions

Sanjay, A Shopkeeper (33 years), never thought of himself as someone who had experienced” trauma”. But years of growing up in a household filled with yelling, control, and emotional neglect had quietly shaped his adult life. He struggled to trust

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Forgiveness, Justice, and Healing: A Psychological Perspective on Emotional Recovery

“In the famous Indian epic Mahabharata, one of the most moving and powerful journeys of forgiveness and justice unfolds between Yudhishthira and Duryodhana. After years of dishonesty, humiliation and violent clash, all provoked by Duryodhana’s thirst for dominance. Yudhishthira, the

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Inaction as Strategy: Passive Behaviour in Shared Public Responsibilities

We often think of social problems as failures of action. Despite widespread concern about climate change, it continues to be the dominant threat to our future life cycles. Many institutions are fast becoming uninhabitable due to neglect, yet there continues to

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Inclusive Mannequins: How Retail Displays are Normalising Disability

Typically, when passing through a retail establishment, one pays little attention to the display mannequins. For the most part, almost all of them share a common set of characteristics; they are generally very slender, stand tall, have a symmetrical appearance and

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Faith as a Coping Mechanism: Psychological Resilience Among Students in Religious Education

Let’s step into Ayesha’s story, a 20-year-old student at a religious university, who was full of quiet determination but carrying more than just books on her shoulders. During her second semester, she found herself struggling with balancing academic pressure, homesickness

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From Diagnosis to Dialogue: A Patient’s Journey in Psychiatry

Typically, the route to psychiatric treatment starts very subtly. Individuals may gradually experience the changes in their mood, attention, or general self-confidence before they ever have an appointment with a doctor. The arrival at the point that a person eventually

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The Psychological Impact of Caring for Aging Parents and Why Coverage Matters

Caring for ageing parents rarely begins with a big announcement. It usually starts small. A follow-up appointment that cannot be skipped. A prescription that needs refilling every month. A quiet realisation that you are now the one double-checking reports and