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Research

New Research Reveals How the Brain Combines Symbols to Create New Ideas and Abstract Thought

This research explores how the brain creates and reuses abstract “symbols” to support creative thinking and problem solving. Understanding this process is important because abilities like language, math, drawing, and tool use all depend on combining simple elements into new

Education

Your Final Step Towards Success NIMHANS 2026, May 31

You all would have been geared up for the upcoming NIMHANS 2026 entrance examination that would be on 31st May. As the examination is just around the corner, here are the points to pause for a moment and remember that

News

Silent Mental Crisis: AIIMS Study Finds 1 in 6 Rural Teens Face Severe Psychological Stress

A pioneering study in association with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has revealed a huge but concealed public health crisis in the rural parts of the country. The vast research findings debunk the notion that psychological disorders are

Awareness Social

Dowry Harassment and Mental Health: The Hidden Trauma Behind Domestic Abuse Cases

The untimely death of the young woman, Twisha Sharma, aged 31, which took place in Bhopal, once again raises the question of violence committed against women for dowries. According to the article, she died by suicide at her in-laws’ house on

Event

National Conference 2026 at IMS-BHU with IAMH on Contemporary Mental Health Care and Technology

The Department of Kayachikitsa, Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in collaboration with the Indian Academy of Mental Health (IAMH), will organise a National Conference on “Mental Health Care in the Contemporary Era: An Integrated Approach with Technology in a

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Mental Healthcare Crisis Deepens as Marathwada Hospital Project Faces Delay

Thousands of psychiatric patients and overworked families in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region are facing dire situations due to prolonged administrative delays. The Regional Mental Hospital, with a capacity of 365 beds, was formally approved by the cabinet exactly five years ago,

Health

PCOD, PCOS, and PMOS: The Emotional Weight of a Diagnosis

When a woman misses her period, most of the time she puts it down to some minor problem, but when it starts to get assigned labels such as PCOD, PCOS, and now more recently PMOS, the way that women look at

Awareness Health

Anaesthesia Awareness Explained: When Patients Wake Up During Surgery

Imagine waking up in the middle of surgery. While your eyes remain closed, you hear the metal instruments snipping, snicking, and clinking! Your body is cut open; you know it, but can’t feel anything. Your conscious self feels encased in a rock. You

Awareness

Myths About Suicide and Self-Harm: Understanding the Truth Behind NSSI

An estimated 150,000 people kill themselves each year in India, according to the WHO, although this number refers to documented suicide cases. But people who cannot even answer who died by suicide and self-harm are many, due to the sheer humiliation, shame and

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Pathological Demand Avoidance: Signs, causes and treatment

Stressing over major responsibilities like exams, deadlines and interviews is considered a normal human response. However, feeling anxious over wearing clothes and eating dinner is not a normal human response. For individuals with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA),  even ordinary expectations can