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Mental Health Teleservice by NIMHANS Receives 12000 Calls in Three Months

Tele-Manas is a phone call service for mental health support and is receiving a good response. There have been various calls in the past three months, many of which are related to mental health issues like anxiety, depression, and sleep

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The Text Neck: A Cause for Cervical Pain and Irritability Among Youngsters

  A significant increase has been observed in screen time post pandemic on laptops and smartphones. From school going children and teenagers to young and middle-aged adults, people are spending long hours on screens for classes, meetings and work schedules. 

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Mindfulness Proved More Efficient Than Anxiety Medication: Study

People may face a general fear of dogs, insects, interviews, etc. However, if this fear is overwhelming to an extent that it hampers our day-to-day life causing serious problems in our social interactions and physical health then it can be

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Geriatric care A need of the hour?

If only things could have been different, but Alas…Mistreatment and abuse of the aged may be a major social drawback. Needless to say, with the biology of aging, the aged generally become physically frail. This frailty renders them dependent on

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Under the pressure to live long

Life, in general, is taken for granted by a majority of people, to the extent of not cherishing it to its fullest. Disease, in general, and terminal illness in particular, sound like a fire alarm that warn us to look

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Understanding boredom in lockdown

On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, stressing that the novel coronavirus has engulfed many countries of the world posing a serious threat to mankind. Complete lockdown of all services, baring essential movement was

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Great Loss: The Demise of Prof. Avinash Kumar

Today, Professor Avinash Kumar, the Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Delhi, passed away from a heart attack. He had been heading the Department since April 2021. Professor Kumar completed his Ph.D. in 2008 and has been

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Mental illness will also receive the serious attention under insurance policies

The pandemic and lockdown shined a light on a subject that had previously been kept private. There has always been a significant stigma surrounding mental health and wellness. Times after the pandemic are very different. Today, mental illness is treated

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Procrastination can lead to poor mental health: Study

Procrastination is the voluntary delay of a course of action, whilst knowing it will cause further problems in the future. Young folks are more likely to engage in delaying behaviours. Procrastination usually occurs due to task aversion, which is how

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Predicament of the student community in a pandemic: Can positive psychology help?

Five months ago, students all across India were bustling about in their respective academic institutes, walking about in groups, their laughter, chatter and murmurs resounding in the corridors. They sat in classes, some genuinely interested, some pretending to listen and