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Risk of Early Dementia with Mental Disorders

According to a study sponsored in part by NIA and published in JAMA Psychiatry, mental illnesses early in life increase the risk of dementia and dementia occurring at a younger age. Researchers looked at the health records of 1.7 million

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Biopsychology: Critical Understanding

Overview: Biopsychology, also referred as physiological psychology, psychobiology, behavioural neurosciences. It is branch of psychology, which deals with analyzing the ways in which brain, neurotransmitters and other biological factors impact our cognitions, emotions and responses. This branch of psychology is

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Bipolar Disorder: Mania & Hypomania

Bipolar disorder is classified as a mental health condition in which the person is experiencing manic and depressive episodes together. The oldest recognition of bipolar disorder was given in medical literature, at the time of Hippocrates (460-370 BC). Hippocrates was

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Linking Mental Health with Blood Pressure Variability (BPV)

According to new research, both the heart and the mind are involved when patients suffer from mental illness. Our hearts’ ability to adjust to environmental stimuli is the connection between them. This connection is broken in patients with poor mental

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Brain scans have the potential to disclose a lot about mental illness

Researchers have been able to look inside the human brain thanks to MRI images. Furthermore, the technique is excellent at revealing stroke damage or areas that light up when we view a face. However, brain scan research has yet to

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Talk Therapy for Depression in Dementia Patients

New research reveals that talking therapy can help dementia patients with depressive symptoms, giving hope to a group who normally does not respond well to antidepressants. Patients with dementia frequently experience anxiety and depression, but specialists are baffled as to

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Heatwaves and their consequences on mental health

Many of us are feeling the effects of excessive heat around the country as the mercury continues to soar across cities and states. The news is also full of facts about how hot it is. According to the India Meteorological

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Happiness: Is not a destination, but a Journey

Happiness is not a final destination instead a path on which we have to walk to create an optimistic life. Mehezabin Dordi, a clinical psychologist at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, explained in an interview with HT Lifestyle, that “Joy,

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Ensuring Psychological Health during Pandemic: Tips from HKU clinicians

COVID-19 has affected the millions of lives, from prolonged closures of schools making it difficult for students to attain their rightful education, to adverse work arrangements such as no pay leave or unemployment. This disruption in daily routines caused psychological

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First Psychological Support Centre in Abuja: This NGO does more than just concern

PROJECT PINK BLUE (PPB) is a cancer organization involved in raising awareness about cancer, free of cost or cost-effective screenings for cancer, support for cancer patients, patient navigation, patient health and wellness advocacy, fundraising to support people battling with cancer,