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Research: How Addictive Drugs can Hijack Brain’s Reward System

A groundbreaking study took place to identify the mechanism of addiction mainly using two different classes of drugs, psychostimulant (cocaine)and opioid (morphine), which were applied on mouse models. An expert team of researchers from Mount Sinai and scientists from The

Awareness

Psychologists tell Why we are getting Addicted to Social Media

Social media refers to any platform, website, or application that allows us to share and interact. Today, It is much more than a platform for communication, it supports business, entertainment, networking, education, and whatnot. This has made our lives easier

Education

A Guide to Trauma Response

In this context, the term “trauma” refers to occurrences that elicit powerful physiological and emotional reactions. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative, trauma happens when a person undergoes an emotionally

Health

Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD): Symptoms, Treatment and Diagnosis

A skewed sense of self and extreme, erratic emotions are symptoms of histrionic personality disorder (HPD). One definition of histrionic is “dramatic or theatrical”. “Individuals suffering with histrionic personality disorder have an inflated sense of self-worth that is based on

Life Style

The Psychology of Hunger

We require energy and nutrients for the functioning of our body. And these nutrients in our body come mostly from what we eat. Now what we eat and how much we eat mostly depends on hunger. Hunger is a psychological

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Sierra Leone Declares National Emergency to Combat ‘Zombie Drug’ Crisis

A new deadly drug that contains ground-up human bone mixed with a number of chemicals like disinfectants, FentanylAs, named as “Kush” has become too famous among the young population of Sierra Leone. The President Julius Maada Bio has declared the

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“Everybody likes me”: 20 Yrs old Students diagnosed with Delusional Love Disorder

The story of a 20 years old student has gone viral on mainland social media. He is known as Liu, a resident of Jiangsu province, Eastern China. Liu, the second year student of China University has been diagnosed with “Delusional

Pets

Can Cats help us Improve our Mental Health?

While Cats are so darn picky creatures yet around 10 to 30 percent of us call ourselves “cat people”—not dog people,. So why do we choose to bring these fluffballs into our homes—and spend over hundreds and thousands on one who isn’t

Health Positive

The psychological & physiological health benefits of spiritual practices

From time immemorial religion, spirituality, philosophy, psychology and related subjects are of great concern to all people all over the world. About 80% of research in relation to religion and spirituality includes the study of mental health also. Spirituality can

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Neuro-aesthetics: The Science of Beauty and The Brain

Fundamentally, Neuro-aesthetics is an approach to aesthetics that draws on neurology as a technique of inquiry, in contrast to other approaches that have relied on psychological or philosophical models. Accordingly, Neuro-aesthetics investigates the neural mechanisms underlying aesthetic behavior. The idea