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Ashis Nandy and the Psychology of Colonialism

How does it feel for someone’s identity to be consistently and indefinitely shamed for their culture? What happens to the mind when you are brought up in a system that gives you rewards for thinking as your coloniser and punishes

Awareness

Is Modern Psychiatry Keeping Us Sick? Exploring the Debate

Today, mental health awareness has widely increased. People are taking care of their mental well-being. Anxiety, depression, and emotional distress are topics of daily conversation. Yet, at the same time, psychiatry, i.e., the branch of medicine dedicated to treating mental disorders, has

Health

Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Knowing the Difference

Have you ever experienced sudden racing of your heart or tightening in your chest in the middle of your everyday life, like working, exercising or sometimes while resting on your sofa? Often, such experiences make us worried and question ourselves

Awareness

We Use Only 10% of Our Brain: Myth or Fact?

In a 2014 survey of school teachers across seventeen countries, 48% agreed with the statement that people use only 10% of their brains (Howard-Jones, 2014). The claim is one of the most enduring myths in public understanding of science, yet

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The Psychology of Excitement: Why We Crave Novelty

Imagine a human thousands of years ago stepping beyond a familiar landscape. A new path could lead to danger, but it could also reveal a new source of food, water, or shelter. In an unpredictable environment, paying attention to what

Education

Viktor Frankl: His Life and Contributions

We all have our own identity. However, imagine you wake up one day, and your family,  home, profession, and freedom have all been taken away. Your name has been replaced with a number. You don’t know if you will even

Awareness Technology

Digital Phenotyping: How Technology Tracks Mental Health

According to the World Health Organisation, more than a billion people worldwide live with a mental health condition, roughly one in eight of us, yet most of the information that clinicians know about a person’s mood still comes from a

Awareness Education

Neuroinflammation and Its Effects on Mental Health

A swollen ankle, a red wound, or a fever is easily detected as an inflammatory response because they are visible or readily experienced. But what happens if there is inflammation inside the brain? Could this affect how one feels, thinks,

Research

How Snoring May Damage Throat Muscles and Cause Sleep Apnea

Most people consider snoring something insignificant and not worth worrying about. However, scientists from Ume University in Sweden have discovered that snoring can actually harm the throat muscles and be one of the causes of obstructive sleep apnea, a condition

Education

Cultural Bias in Forensic Psychological Evaluations

Imagine the scenario of two individuals who both engaged in the same illegal activity. As a matter of fact, during the interviews, neither individual maintained eye contact, neither spoke before pausing briefly to consider their answers, and neither seemed to