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The Evolution of Psychoanalysis Through Anna Freud

Anna Freud was born on 3 December 1895, the sixth and youngest child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays, the same year that her father co-authored Studies on Hysteria with Josef Breuer (Breuer & Freud, 1895), which is often considered

Psychologs eMagazine May 2026

The May 2026 issue of Psychologs Magazine explores the complexities of the human mind, focusing on emotional resilience, identity, and evolving social realities. From developmental mental health and happiness to self-perception, trauma bonds, and unconscious behavioral patterns, this edition highlights

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What Is Fear of Failure? Understanding Atychiphobia and Its Psychological Roots

Fear is one of the very first and core emotions that we grow up with. Everyone must have feared cockroaches, lizards, dogs or any situation. The most common being fear of failing something really important to us, this could be

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Community-Level Mental Healthcare Key to India’s Future, Says NIMHANS Director

Dr Prabha S. Chandra, the new Director at NIMHANS in India, believes there should be a re-examination of the delivery of mental health services throughout India. In her opinion, individuals must have access not only to psychiatric and tertiary care

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Understanding Emotional Enmeshment: When Family Closeness Becomes Overwhelming

Take the case of a twenty-eight-year-old software engineer in Bengaluru, who gets more than twenty phone calls a day from his mother. His mother asks what he ate for lunch and makes desperate pleas for assistance with little household chores. If the

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NCW Proposes Survivor-Centric Policy for Acid Attack Victims in India

In April 2026, the National Commission for Women (NCW) unveiled a holistic policy roadmap to strengthen support for acid attack survivors across India. The framework addresses critical gaps in emergency medical intervention, legal justice, financial security, and long-term socio-economic inclusion.

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The Language of Dreams: Symbols, Archetypes, and The Science of the Sleeping Brain

Picture a man who, night after night, is standing on the edge of a crumbling building. He is not afraid; he holds a rusted key that fits into an invisible lock. In the waking world, he is a corporate executive

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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

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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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Understanding the Psychology Behind Kindness as a Threat

Kindness is said to be an act that is an integral part of being a human, but some people view this act of generosity as having hidden motives. Evaluating such hidden motives in concern shown by others stems from deep-rooted