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Art Workshop For Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), Organized By NIMHANS

Art therapy is an integrative approach where an individual could express themselves artistically to improve their mental health and well-being. It aids in channelling stress, anxiety, fear and all the incomprehensible and unarticulated emotions into an action that is neither

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What is the Difference Between Panic & Anxiety?

There are times when “panic attack” and “anxiety attack” are used interchangeably as they have similar signs and symptoms, although, in clinical settings, anxiety and panic are two different disorders with their own specifications for diagnosis by mental health professionals.

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Why Is Smoking So Appealing to Youths, Know About the Effects?

While smoking has dropped in Australia, recent research suggests that young people with mental health concerns consume tobacco at a higher rate than the overall population. This is especially true for persons suffering from more severe forms of mental disease.

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What is Spectrum of Autism: Levels of Required Support

Overview: Autism is a difference in the neurodevelopmental functioning of an individual that is identified by social interaction styles, and atypical behaviors. The amount of support an autistic individual requires is essential to understand, and for the same knowledge, the

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Understanding Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology is a specialized branch of psychology, which is concerned with abnormal behavior and psychopathology in the clinical context. This branch covers a wide variety of disorders, like, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders and much more. The professionals

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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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Depression and Bipolar Disorder can now be detected by a blood test?

In 2017, one in every seven Indians suffered from a mental condition of different severity. Since 1990, the proportionate contribution of mental diseases to the total disease burden in India has nearly doubled. There are significant differences across states in

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Life with Autism

Imagine a day in life when everything seems so hazy, meeting people becomesso weird that when they joke around you, and there are you, unable to make it out what itmeans and everything becomes so slow and dumb. Unfortunately, it

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XENOPHOBIA – FEAR OF FOREIGNERS

Discrimination is a key cause of friction and disruption in cooperative partnerships that are increasingly essential in creating and sustaining sustainable development across cultural and national boundaries. As our society becomes more international, we witness more intense connections through commerce