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Legalization of Cannabis, Becoming a Threat to the US?

A clinical psychiatrist at Columbia, Irving Medical Centre published a research this month stating that high usage of Cannabis and legalization of weed in Us can increase the risk of youth crisis. According to Dr. Nora Volkow, the head of

News Research

New Treatment Option for REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: Study

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) is a sleep behaviour disorder classified under DSM-5 in sleep disorders. This disorder causes to physically play out vivid and frequently unpleasant dreams. That is, during the REM stage of sleep, rather than the usual temporary

Life Style

Tattoos: The Psychology Behind Body Art

Through temporary or permanent cosmetic alterations to the body, people use tattoos as a way to express themselves. Our body experiences various emotions and situations as a part of our life. The body along with people undergoes changes and acts

Technology

Video Games indulge our teens in Gambling

We all may have come across the term gambling. You might have heard the concept of gambling in your school days through stories floating around you. The most popular means of knowing about gambling is through media, specifically movies. Movies

Entertain Parenting

90’s cartoon and their impact on people’s mental health

Cartoons from the 1990s were a great source of entertainment among people, especially among children. As it was that time animated cartoons started getting famous among children. Just like any other form of media, cartoons too can have both positive

Awareness

Breaking the Silence: Exploring the Impact of Childhood Trauma

We keep hearing the word “trauma” very often, pretty casually, but what does it mean? What is the impact of it really? What are the types? Can it be used this loosely? Let’s explore and understand this topic! To begin,

Self Help

Groove Your Way to Better Mental Health: How Music Therapy Can Improve Mental Health

Hello there, music lovers. What if we told you that your favourite leisure activity—listening to music—can genuinely improve your mental health? Did you know the songs you listen to can do more than just make you tap your feet or

Awareness

DIGITAL WELL-BEING: HOW ESSENTIAL IS IT FOR YOUR MENTAL WELL-BEING?

Introduction Digital gadgets are indispensable part of our daily lives. We spent a major fragment of our time exploring, scrolling, uploading, updating etc. On one hand, where we often get lost in the world of digital devices and used to spend hours

Social

Government Proposes Self-Regulation for Online Gaming Companies

Technological breakthroughs including online gaming have occupied a major part of leisure time. The resulting concerns of over indulgence are gaining attention by psychologists and mental health professionals. Online gaming is directly correlated with addiction and financial loss which tremendously

Health

Being a teen is stressful. Being a teen is even more stressful

For the first time, the generation of young adults is running through minefield of adolescence completely engrossed in their smartphones.Almost a decade ago, the biggest worry for parents of teenagers was alcohol, drugs and sex. However, the statistics for these