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Joy on Screen: Exploring Contemporary Buddhism and Positive Psychology

The term “Buddhism” encompasses a wide range of customs, beliefs, and practices that have been embodied in various civilisations throughout history since they first emerged in the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama around 2,500 years ago. The Four Noble Truths, the

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Hypervigilance as a Post-Traumatic Adaptation

Some people go to a cafe just to enjoy their coffee. And then some people sit with their backs to the wall facing the door, and they watch every person who comes in, they hear every voice, every sudden noise.

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Suicide Crisis Intervention and Prevention in Not Today

Trigger Warning: The following article includes references to suicide, mental health struggles, and crises. Readers who may find such content triggering are advised to proceed with care. That a ventilation of their suicidal ideations with a trustworthy, non-judgemental, empathetic/empathic counsellor

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IIT Roorkee: First Campus-Wide Mental Health Policy  

In a society where psychological struggles are often overlooked by academic and financial success, IIT Roorkee has shifted the focus from achieving maximum placement rates to improving the lifestyle of students. The drafting of the first and comprehensive Mental Health

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The Rise of Self-Diagnosis on Social Media  

Hritika is a second-year engineering student who has been feeling low for a long time. She has been feeling tired, sad and is avoiding her parents and friends. Her room has been a mess, and she has not washed dishes

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Ecopsychological Interventions in Mental Health Care: How Nature Heals the Mind

Do you know that feeling of being totally overwhelmed, overstressed and like you are physically confined to your familiar surroundings or room, only to suddenly think “I need to step outside for some fresh air”? It’s a pretty common phrase

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The Psychology of Self-compassion in Achieving Long-term Health Goals

Self-compassion has a branding problem. To many health-strivers, it sounds like letting yourself off the hook, lighting a lavender candle, and eating biscuits while your goals slowly but surely die. Yet psychology tells a far more interesting story, and one

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Why Childhood Nutrition Shapes the Brain More Than Adult Diet

Picture the brain as something under construction, not yet finished. During youth, particularly at the start of life, its framework and inner systems take shape rapidly, shaped heavily by signals from the body, such as those coming from meals. What

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The Psychology and Neuroscience of Sleep Deprivation in Modern Society

Sonia is a college student who is fond of video games. She spends long hours playing games with her online friends and often ends up staying late at night. She has to attend college and also has to go to

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How Life Events Shape Autobiographical Memory Across the Lifespan

This research explores how memories of personal life events are affected by ageing and how people remember important experiences differently as they grow older. Rather than treating memory as something fixed or unchanging, the study shows that memories, especially of