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Interoceptive Prediction Error in Panic Disorder: The Hidden Mechanism Behind Panic Attacks

Sheetal is a 21-year-old B.Tech graduate student. She is currently in her 4th year and is focused on bagging a placement. Twelve companies have already completed their interview for the placements, out of which Sheetal was not even eligible for

Research

How Acetylcholine Controls Dopamine: New Insights from Neuroscience

A recent study conducted by the neurobiologists of New York University studied the movement of dopamine and the way in which it manages different functions inside the brain. For years it has been a continuous struggle for the scientists to explain

Research

Is Deep Brain Stimulation the Key to Treating Treatment-Resistant Depression?

Interventions like medication, psychotherapy, and even electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) sometimes fail to provide lasting relief for individuals living with Major Depressive Disorder. And it happens for roughly 30% of individuals living with depression. This condition is known as treatment-resistant depression

Relationship

Digital Intimacy: Redefining Human Connection in the Digital Era

​Human beings are connected. The necessity to establish emotional connections with other people was already discovered long before smartphones, social media, and video calls. It was identified by the British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1969). His Attachment Theory suggested

Social

The Psychological Impact of Digital Socialisation on the Next Generation

The next generation is growing up in a world where they can communicate with people across the world in several ways, rather than through physical meetings.  They can use social media, online games, messaging apps and virtual classrooms to meet many

Health Technology

Culturally Sensitive Digital Mental Health Tools for Indian Adolescents

The mental health of adolescents is the biggest crisis in Indian culture. We didn’t notice the concern about mental health and well-being until the covid crisis. Today, estimates suggest that 7-14 % of adolescents in India face mental health challenges(UNICEF,2023).

News

University of Hyderabad Joins Global Study on Farmer Mental Health and Climate Change

Farmers across India face growing psychological strain as temperatures climb. Now, researchers at the University of Hyderabad are stepping into a global effort to understand this shift. Heat waves stretch longer each year, pressing harder on those who work the land.

Awareness

Why Trauma Talk Is Everywhere Today and What It Says About Society

These days, opening an app or turning on the screen often means hearing about trauma. School pressure lands hard enough that some call it traumatic. Relationships ending hit deep, so they get described that way, too. Even awkward phone calls

Education

Sigmund Freud’s Cocaine Use: How 19th-Century Medicine Shaped Psychoanalytic Theory

If anyone has ever seen old photographs of Sigmund Freud, his image typically involves a cigar, a velvet couch, and the stoic, analytical gaze of the “father of psychoanalysis”. Freud had always attempted to experiment with things like cigars, drugs,

Awareness

Mini Adults: Why Children Are Adopting Grown-Up Social Behaviours

The playground is quiet; instead of chasing one another, kids are seen sitting in the corner, thumbing at their phones, talking about followers, filters, and which post will get more likes. What was once a space filled with laughter and