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Positive Self Help

Decision-Making and the Brain: Neuroscience of Choice and Emotion

The art of selecting one among several, popularly referred to as decision-making, is a critical mental function that is part and parcel of the human experience. The intricate process is highly influenced by individual preferences, experience, and environmental limitations. Neuroscientific

Positive Self Help

The Neuroscience of Self-Care: How Sleep, Mindfulness, and Routines Improve Brain Health

Did you ever consider how self-practice is so amazingly good for you? It’s more than indulgence; self-care gets at the very deep workings and pays back the incredibly complex mechanisms of your brain. This article explores the neuroscientific roots of

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International Conference on Interdisciplinary Pathways to Mental Health & Well-being

Department of Psychology, Keshav Mahavidhyalaya, in collaboration with Society for Addiction Psychology, is organising an International Conference on Interdisciplinary Pathways to Mental Health & Wellbeing (ICIPMHW 2025). The conference is scheduled for 30th and 31st October 2025 (Thursday & Friday)

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Oversharing in the Digital Age: Emotional Dumping vs. Authentic Connection 

When sharing, the distinction between a true connection and oversharing is not in how much you reveal, but in how you reveal it. We live at a time when our darkest troubles flow into comment sections, and our nocturnal musings become morning

News

15-Days-Old’s Life at Risk in Postpartum Mental Health Crisis; Psychiatrist Confirms Psychosis 

Last Friday, a case was reported in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad’s Kurla area, where a 15-day-old infant was rushed to the hospital by the family. The baby boy was put inside the refrigerator by his 23-year-old mother, after which she went

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How Social Media Fuels Materialism and Consumer Culture

With the arrival of the digital era, social media has evolved from being a communication medium—it has become a bazaar of lives, dreams, and identities. Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram are just a few such sites that have turned into spaces

Awareness Parenting

Understanding Intergenerational Trauma and Its Effects on Family Mental Health

History suggests that once the atrocity is over, it ceases to exist. Colonisation, slavery, cultural erasure and other acts aimed toward marginalised groups across the world only seem to impact the groups when they are being acted upon. History does

Therapy

How Therapy Impacts the Way We See Ourselves and Others 

To begin with, we can say that therapy or psychotherapy, talk therapy, is a part of mental health, a very crucial part even. In today’s world, where there is constant change, a pool of different opinions and increasing social media

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From People-Pleasing to Authentic Self: How Therapy Transforms Our Social Lives

The inclination to please others is often identified as a specific aspect of a person’s character, like being overly cooperative, agreeable, or simply “nice.” However, there are psychological factors behind this tendency that stem from deeper issues of attachment, fear,

Awareness

Understanding and Overcoming the Over-Responsibility Trap

Some people carry the burden of the entire world with them throughout their lives. Their first reaction is to step in and solve the problem, whether it’s a family crisis, a work-related issue, or a problem in a friendship, regardless of whether