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Postpartum Psychosis: Symptoms, Causes, Risk Factors, and Recovery

Childbirth has been said to be a happy and promising moment. With a new baby comes excitement, love and change. However, in the case of some mothers, it might be a time that causes severe mental health issues. A postpartum

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How to Choose a Career: A Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Discovery and Smart Decisions

When Pragya sat in a school auditorium, surrounded by job titles, charts and enthusiastic speakers, listening to yet another” career talk”, a deep thought reflected in her mind: “How am I supposed to know what to do for the rest

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Why We Copy Each Other Without Realising: The Psychology of Mirroring

When people imitate, they do it subconsciously. Some smile is returned, a posture is followed, or the voice tone slowly becomes the same. These small actions happen naturally during conversations. The majority of the time, we don’t plan to do

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The Illusion of Control: How Horoscopes Reduce Uncertainty and Anxiety

An image of an old man might have appeared inside your head, shuffling the pages of a newspaper in search of something. Specifically, after reading the word ‘’horoscope’’. These little columns are very popular among the readers of our nation. It really

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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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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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The Psychological Impact of AI on Grief and Loss

Technology is moving fast, and it has now stepped into one of the most sensitive parts of human life, which is grief. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can now create digital versions of people who are no longer with us. These digital

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Self-Centeredness Is Global: What Cross-Cultural Psychology Tells Us

This article reports on research that challenges common assumptions about self-centeredness worldwide. Instead of being concentrated in a few societies, self-focused personality traits, including narcissistic tendencies, appear in many different countries. The study suggests that certain personality traits often labelled as

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How Fear and Shame Shape Indian Parenting and Affect Children’s Mental Health

“Every evening, Riya, a 16-year-old girl, would sit at her study table, books open, eyes heavy with tiredness. Her parents, both first-generation professionals, had poured their lives into creating a secure future and in return, they expected unwavering perfection from