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Intellectual Disability: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

The term “intellectual disability” is replaced by “mental retardation” by DSM-V as it has negative connotations, is offensive and raises misunderstandings about the nature of the disorder. Intellectual Disability refers to cognitive deficits in intellectual functioning – intelligence, reasoning, planning,

Social

Psychology behind Avoidance Behaviour

Avoidance behaviour is the kind of strategy people adopt to distract themselves from tough situations and escape out of their mind to get rid of their own negative thoughts, feelings, ideas or assumptions. It could be as a result of

Awareness Education

Why you should Start Therapy?

Therapy is a technique employed by various medical professionals to relieve the distress of their patients. While this term is most commonly used in association with psychologists, psychiatrists and counsellors, it can be understood in terms of treatment provided by

Awareness

Babbling: An Initial Sign of Child Development

Parents get overjoyed and rightly so when they hear the first words of their child like ‘mama’, ‘papa’, ‘dada’. This sound which babies make in the first 4-6 months of their life is called babbling. Babbling sounds are just nonsensical

Self Help

You are not Alone: Understanding the Depths of Depersonalization Disorder

Depersonalization is a severe psychological condition, which is characterized by persistent or recurrent feelings of detachment from one’s own body. Depersonalization and Derealization are two common types of Dissociative disorders that can severely impede one’s daily functioning. Dissociation can be

Education

Some Common Challenges Faced by Psychology Students in the Field

Psychology is one among various different subjects like physics, chemistry, and biology. It can be studied by both, the arts/humanities and the science students, even by the students with commerce background. The Psychology student’s studies about the human mind and

Education

Sigmund Freud’s 5 Most Important Contributions to Psychology

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and psychologist, best known for being the founder of psychoanalysis. Although his theories about the human mind and therapeutic techniques for treating mental disorders are extremely controversial and contested by many later psychologists,

Health

Emotional sickness is real! It’s okay to feel bad sometimes

Life is a gift. The journey of life is of course not easy. There are ups and downs, difficult and easy times, pain and sufferings along with many happy moments. Humans are considered as the best species; they have two

Education

Delusions: Definition, Types, and Treatments

In the era of the internet trend of saying ‘’delulu is the solulu”, which is a GenZ way of saying being delusional is the solution to coping with all your life problems, let’s find out what this popular term means.

Awareness Education

The Sylvia Plath Effect Explored

Sylvia Plath is not someone who requires even a word of prior introduction. Everyone who has fallen in love with classic Western poetry ought to have heard quite a lot about this poetess. For those unfortunate enough not to have