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Awareness

Trauma on Repeat: Why the Past Keeps Showing Up in the Present

Every human being has, at some point, had an experience where a smell, sound, or glance from a person causes a powerful emotional reaction that appears disproportionate to the circumstances. For many, this is not an accident; it is merely

Research

KCNQ2 Epilepsy: How Potassium Channel Location Impacts Brain Function

For the specific purpose of keeping the human brain in a calm state, there is a gene known as KCNQ2. It, in a way, acts as a brake upon the human brain and relaxes it, which helps in preventing neurons

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The Psychological Impact of Chronic Vein Conditions: Understanding the Mind–Body Connection

Chronic vein conditions involve more than just the visible symptoms of the skin and touch upon emotional and psychological effects as well. Conditions like spider veins, varicose veins, and chronic venous insufficiency create physical and mental discomfort. Recently, the profession

Awareness

From Treating Symptoms to Regulating the Brain: Rethinking the Future of Psychotherapy

“Mental health care is not about fixing people, but about restoring balance within  systems”  For a time, people have thought of therapy as a way to make bad feelings go away, like being less anxious or having fewer sad days. But

Research

How Acetylcholine Controls Dopamine: New Insights from Neuroscience

A recent study conducted by the neurobiologists of New York University studied the movement of dopamine and the way in which it manages different functions inside the brain. For years it has been a continuous struggle for the scientists to explain

Research

Is Deep Brain Stimulation the Key to Treating Treatment-Resistant Depression?

Interventions like medication, psychotherapy, and even electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) sometimes fail to provide lasting relief for individuals living with Major Depressive Disorder. And it happens for roughly 30% of individuals living with depression. This condition is known as treatment-resistant depression

News

25 years Old Woman Administered Euthanasia after Legal Battle Against her Parents

25 years old, Noelia Castillo Ramos from Barcelona, passed away with the help of voluntary euthanasia on March 26, 2026. Euthanasia is a process that hastens the process of death to avoid suffering. Active euthanasia involves the administration of lethal

Education

Sigmund Freud’s Cocaine Use: How 19th-Century Medicine Shaped Psychoanalytic Theory

If anyone has ever seen old photographs of Sigmund Freud, his image typically involves a cigar, a velvet couch, and the stoic, analytical gaze of the “father of psychoanalysis”. Freud had always attempted to experiment with things like cigars, drugs,

Awareness

Mini Adults: Why Children Are Adopting Grown-Up Social Behaviours

The playground is quiet; instead of chasing one another, kids are seen sitting in the corner, thumbing at their phones, talking about followers, filters, and which post will get more likes. What was once a space filled with laughter and

Awareness Education

Queer Psychology in Indian Education: Is it High Time to Go Beyond Certificate Courses?

Earlier this week, having read a major Indian newspaper’s publication of an opinion piece on the increasing student suicide rates in the IITs brought to the fore one of my long-standing gripes with the Indian education system. The piece starts