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Once Imaginary Friends, Now Artificial Ones: The Psychology of AI Companions in Children

Have you ever observed a child playing, engaging in play with an imaginary friend? Very often, we observe children engaging in plays like teacher-student, where they themselves take up the role of teacher and interact with their imaginary students. The

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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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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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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Defends Social Media’s Impact on Teen Mental Health

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, defends “Instagram” as not being a social media tool that results in addiction. In the Los Angeles courtroom, the lawyers reaffirm that Meta is committed to Teen mental Health safety. Other than Meta platforms, Google’s YouTube

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Somatic Symptoms of Stress: How Psychological Distress Manifests in the Body

I think stress is something that we usually think happens in our minds. We get thoughts that we feel overwhelmed, or we feel the pressure of having a lot of responsibilities. Our body often feels stress before we even realise it. We

Health Parenting

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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A World They Never Asked For: The Emotional Cost of Growing Up in Crisis

Why Gen Z and Young Millennials Are Anxious, Disengaged, and Determined — All at Once The Morning Spiral: Where the Day Begins with a Scroll and Ends in Overwhelm They wake up to the buzzing of a phone, not an

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How to Care for a Loved One with OCD

Ever since it was first documented in the late 19th century, obsessive-compulsive disorder or OCD has become a mental health concern that requires both professional intervention and family support. About one in 40 adults worldwide is diagnosed or will develop

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How Emotional Awareness Is Redefining the Next Generation

​Human history is experiencing a paradigm shift. Over decades, the key success indicator was the intellectual ability, the so-called IQ, which quantifies rational thinking and memorisation. But as we pass to 2026, we are seeing the creation of a generation