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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

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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,

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Queer Psychology in Indian Education: Is it High Time to Go Beyond Certificate Courses?

Earlier this week, having read a major Indian newspaper’s publication of an opinion piece on the increasing student suicide rates in the IITs brought to the fore one of my long-standing gripes with the Indian education system. The piece starts

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The Dementia Shield: Lifestyle Strategies for Cognitive Health Across the Lifespan

A recent research conducted in the field of public health has provided people with preventive strategies that hold the potential to reduce the causes of harmful mental health disorders like dementia. It was published by Elsevier in the American Journal of

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How Childhood Trauma Influences Narcissistic Personality Formation

Not all wounds are visible. Some just sit there quietly. They affect the way a child thinks about themselves and how they love and protect themselves. When a child goes through something like being neglected or abused, it does not just

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Ultra-Processed Foods and Executive Function: How Diet Impacts Brain Health

“Food may be essential as fuel for the body, but good food is fuel for the soul.” Malcom Forbes As Malcolm Forbes said, food is essential for our body and soul. Today, many people are rapidly shifting toward ultra-processed food

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When Nothing Feels Good: Understanding Anhedonia in Mood Disorders

Approximately 70% of individuals diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) experience anhedonia, the progressive, pervasive loss of the capacity for pleasure, motivation, and connection that researchers now recognise as one of the most clinically significant and most persistently undertreated features

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PE(T)ALKS

Daffy: “You humans talk a lot, fight a lot, cry and love a lot too! Well, so do we! We communicate a lot with you and also understand you better than you humans!  How? Here is our story!” According to the

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Breaking the Stigma: Why PTSD Is More Than “Just Stress”

PTSD, or Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, is widespread and is considered a serious global mental health concern. About 3.9% of the global population is suffering from this condition, and is prevalent in areas affected by violence, natural disasters, and wars. Sadly, this

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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