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The Hidden Cost of Academic Competition: How Scores and Rankings Affect Student Mental Health 

Consider a student, slouched over stacks of textbooks late at night, their bloodshot eyes, their mind spinning. The pressure of a looming examination, a coveted ranking, presses down, overwhelming all else in their life. It is no singular occurrence; it

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The Psychology of Feeling Behind in Your 20s: Social Comparison, Identity Crisis & Mental Health

Your 20s are the years to do it all, to feel it all and well, just figure your whole life out in just less than 10 years. Although it sounds dauntingly exciting at first, it’s a lot for our minds

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Attendance vs. Attention: Why Compulsory Attendance Doesn’t Guarantee Real Learning 

Meera doesn’t understand her teacher’s classes. She sits through the entire class staring blankly at the board, half trying to listen and make sense of things, while half zoned out. She wants to take up some additional tuition from other

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Genetic Insights into Schizophrenia from Rare Variants

Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that is characterised by behavioural and cognitive symptoms, and could lead to a loss of touch with reality. This disorder is often not resolved by antipsychotic medications. Genetic studies have established the hereditary nature

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Unequal Emotional Labour in Partnerships: Causes, Gender Dynamics & Solutions

Imbalances in emotional and mental labour frequently lead to unbalanced partnership dynamics. Emotional labour, a concept first explicitly defined by Arlie Russell Hochschild, is the management of one’s own emotions and the often-invisible workload of replying to others’ emotional needs.

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Psychology-Driven Classroom Management Strategies

Classrooms today are more than just spaces for teaching and learning; they are dynamic environments filled with chaotic interactions, diverse needs, distinct learning styles,  and many unseen challenges. Improper management of such classrooms can result in disruptive and inefficient learning sessions,

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Influence of Environmental Sensitivity on Mental Health

The trait of environmental sensitivity is characterised by an increased sensitivity to different physical, emotional, and social stimuli, such as bright lights and other people’s moods. People with this trait thus also have a deeper cognitive processing of these sensory stimulations. One of

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How Stress Affects the Brain and Behaviour?

Stress is the body’s natural response to any unwanted stimulus or pressure. It is something that we all face from time to time, though not all stress looks the same. Studies have established that it can increase the likelihood of

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Is Stress Counselling Right for You? Signs It is Time to Reach Out

Life just isn’t a bed of roses, you know. With the constant deadlines at work, accounting for family obligations, and the surprising twists that life throws, one may easily feel that he/she is losing breath. A certain degree of tension

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Emotional Labour in Empathic Students: Hidden Struggles, Mental Health Impact & Coping Strategies

Everyone has met that one student in class. The one who is always there, strong, listens patiently, knows what to say, understands with just one look and is always organised. The ones most likely to be dubbed as the social