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Awareness

Is Modern Psychiatry Keeping Us Sick? Exploring the Debate

Today, mental health awareness has widely increased. People are taking care of their mental well-being. Anxiety, depression, and emotional distress are topics of daily conversation. Yet, at the same time, psychiatry, i.e., the branch of medicine dedicated to treating mental disorders, has

Education

Cultural Bias in Forensic Psychological Evaluations

Imagine the scenario of two individuals who both engaged in the same illegal activity. As a matter of fact, during the interviews, neither individual maintained eye contact, neither spoke before pausing briefly to consider their answers, and neither seemed to

Awareness Education

Most Controversial Debates in Modern Psychology 

As an example, consider two children born and raised in the same home environment. The children attend the same school, receive the same opportunities, and live with the same parents. Despite all of this, one develops anxiety, and another is immune to

Health Parenting

The Psychology of Early Intervention in Child Development

Children’s first five years of life are a unique period of development. This is a developmental period when the brain is growing faster than at any other time in life, with the formation of about one million new neural connections every

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Parental Grief and Diagnosis of Neurodivergent Condition

As a child psychologist or a school counsellor, have you ever found yourself struggling to find words to explain a child’s diagnosis (Neurodivergent children) to their parents or has a parent’s reaction to the diagnosis left you unsure of how

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Drug-Free Youth Crucial for a Developed India, Says PM  Modi; Launches ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva’ Campaign

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’ on the 2nd of August, 2026. Through this campaign, the government aims to progress in building a drug-free India. At the launch of the ‘Nasha Mukt

Research

Muscarinic M1 Receptor Deficits in Schizophrenia: A New Path to Better Treatments

Schizophrenia is considered an important illness with altered perception and thought, hallucinations or delusions, and behaviour that interferes with the patient’s work and social relationships. In a majority of cases, it is dealt with via neuroleptics; they primarily have an

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The Psychology of Creativity Through Vincent van Gogh’s Masterpieces

Disclaimer: No confirmed clinical diagnosis exists for Van Gogh. The theories discussed in this article are drawn from historical records and scholarly analysis, not a definitive medical conclusion. We all know Vincent van Gogh as a world-renowned painter, but do

Awareness Health

The Evolution of Language Around Intellectual Disability: From Labels to Respect

Words carry weight. The language that is used to describe an individual with Intellectual Disability (ID)- the language that is written in their medical records, spoken by their teacher, printed in a government report- affects how they view themselves as well

Education Research

Predictive Processing: Is the Brain Really a Prediction Machine?

Imagine waking up from your sleep and walking to your washroom to get your toothbrush in the usual place. Even before the eyes had fully registered the scene, your brain had predicted where the toothbrush was. However, if the toothbrush