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Mental Disorders Overtake Cancer and Heart Disease as the World’s Biggest Cause of Disability

Mental disorders have become the leading cause of disability across the world, overtaking cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and musculoskeletal disorders, according to a major global study published in The Lancet. Researchers say the findings reflect a worsening mental health crisis affecting millions of people

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30s Heart Crisis: Heart Attacks Striking India’s Young Adults at an Alarming Rate

Indian cardiologists are warning of a massive wave of heart attacks and cardiac arrests in people in their early 30s, as a frightening change in the medical environment is taking place in India. Cardiovascular disease, which used to be regarded

Relationship Social

Healing Attachment Wounds in Marriage: Building Emotional Safety and Connection

Imagine sitting on your sofa next to your spouse. You’re only inches away from one another, but it might as well be miles. Suddenly, you feel lonely. Maybe you start criticising your partner for being “lazy” or “emotionally unavailable”. Your

Awareness Education

Conversion Therapy: Ethical Dilemmas and Psychological Impact on Identity Formation

Conversion therapy is also called “reparative therapy”, which refers to practices that are aimed at changing an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. In the historical context, this was promoted by religious institutions, medical practitioners, and psychologists who perceived identities

Education

The Pink Elephant Paradox: Neuro-Cognitive Mechanics of Thought Suppression and the Anxiety Loop 

Imagine a scenario where a surgical resident, “Dr K,” is performing his first solo operation. The  mentor leans forward and says softly, “Don’t cut the femoral artery, whatever you do.” On a moment’s notice, that one particular artery, which Dr

Awareness

Therapy Trailblazers: Women Who Transformed Modern Mental Health Care

For centuries, the history of psychology was always told a story held in the closet as a gallery of “Great Men”, a lineage which stretches from Sigmund Freud’s Victorian couches to B.F. Skinner’s modern behavioural cages. But this story is not

Awareness

Emotional Dysregulation as a Core Mechanism in Personality Disorders

We often confess to reacting in an overwhelmed way, shouting in anger, uncontrollable crying and impulsive behaviours. This affects our daily routine, work, relationships, and mental health. Emotions are a way of expressing our feelings strongly and help us to

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From Treating Symptoms to Regulating the Brain: Rethinking the Future of Psychotherapy

“Mental health care is not about fixing people, but about restoring balance within  systems”  For a time, people have thought of therapy as a way to make bad feelings go away, like being less anxious or having fewer sad days. But

Health Research

New Research Reveals How APOE4 Causes Brain Cell Shrinkage Years Before Alzheimer’s

In research conducted at the Gladstone Institute, the neurologists have uncovered something highly unusual. They identified that changes inside the human brain start occurring years before people start suffering from issues with memory or cognitive decline due to old age. The neurologists

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Do Neurons Lose Flexibility With Age? New Research Explains Cognitive Decline

A recent study conducted by the University of Pittsburgh states that as a person grows and steps towards their old age, their brain’s metabolic efficiency begins to decrease slowly. To prevent this cognitive decline in people, the neuroscientists intended to