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Schizophrenia: What it is, Symptoms and Treatment

Schizophrenia: What It Is And How It Can Be Treated. Schizophrenia is a serious and chronic mental disorder that transforms a person’s perception of reality. It affects how one thinks, feels, and behaves. Individuals afflicted with this disorder undergo disorganised

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The Psychology of Human Development

Change is inevitable. As humans, we continue to grow from conception to death throughout our lives. Human development is a process of change and growth that shapes human physical, mental, and psychosocial development throughout life. Each of these includes all

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DBT For Teenagers

Teenage years are characterised by significant biological, psychological, and social changes, as well as a desire for independence, autonomy, identity creation, and peer acceptability. Such a transitional age is characterized by high levels of emotional difficulties and turmoil. According to

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

A person who prefers a clean and tidy environment may be accused of being ‘OCD’ by their peers and families. We are also familiar with multiple characters, such as Monica from the TV series Friends, who are also labelled ‘OCD’.

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The Psychology behind Hormonal changes

Hormones are chemical messengers that travel throughout the body and are involved in the bodily changes of a human being. With bodily changes, it also impacts the psychological functioning of the individual which affects the behaviour, emotions and cognition. Hormones

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Alzheimer’s Disease: Causes, Symptoms, Signs and Treatment

Alzheimer’s Disease The psychological process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information is referred to as memory. Human memory is divided into three major categories: sensory, short-term, and long-term memory, where long-term memory is divided and sub-divided into other types of

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Positive Psychotherapy: A Unique Approach to Mental Health

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your actions” said the Dalai Lama. This quote explains that we are in charge of our happiness. Happiness doesn’t happen to us, we have to cultivate happiness using measures like showing gratitude,

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How Does Psychology Relate to Science?

The term psychology has a Greek origin. It is made up of two words, Psyche and logos, where Psyche means “mind” or “soul”, and logos means “the study of.” Psychology is defined as the scientific study of the human mind

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Some Lesser Known Fields of Psychology

All of us are very familiar with the fields of clinical psychology, counselling psychology and their specific areas of intervention. The fields of forensic psychology, school psychology, educational psychology etc., may also ring a bell to some of you. You

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Let’s Discuss Insomnia

The tales of the importance and benefits of sleep are narrated to us, since childhood, like bedtime stories. From fussing to go to bed as children to longing to take a nap as adults, we all grew to experience the