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Education

Barnum Effect: How General Statements Can Feel Uniquely Personal

Have you ever felt amazement as to how a fortune teller, medium, or psychic knows all about your life or have you solved personality tests and observed, the results as if they were specific to your life? If so, you

Education

Understanding Mutism: Types, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Mutism is a condition characterized by an inability or unwillingness to speak, or a significant reduction in speech. It is a frequent clinical sign observed in both psychiatric and neurological outpatient clinics. Although rarely seen as an isolated disability, it

Therapy

What to do if You Can’t Afford Therapy Anymore? 

Financial problems can come knocking at any time. One can say it’s as predictable as rain, you may or may not see it coming. Financial problems cause stress that leads to poor mental health, which leads to the need for

Relationship Self Help

Spotting Manipulation: How to Protect Yourself and Set Boundaries

Have you ever felt that you are a puppet and someone else is pulling your strings? — whether someone is making you do things or stopping you from doing something? Manipulation is never easily visible or detectable like coercion, the

Industrial

ADHD and Workplace Challenges

“Could you please calm your nerves, or do you have ADHD?”“Why can’t you just concentrate and do it right for just one time?”“Please get back to your room, and save me from trouble” All of us have had parents/caregivers complaining

Self Help Therapy

5 things to know as a First-Time Therapist 

The journey of becoming a therapist is filled with constant learning, emotional growth and rewarding experiences of making a significant impact on another person’s life. When you are still in college, the structured environment of academics provides a sense of

Therapy

Therapeutic Alliance in Therapy

Therapeutic alliance in therapy is one of the most extensively studied concepts in psychotherapy literature. Therapeutic alliance can be conceptualised as the collaborative and affective bond between the therapist and the patient which is crucial for subsequent therapeutic outcomes (Martin

Education

Understanding the Flynn Effect: Rising IQ Scores Over Time

Have you had a feeling that your next generation is a little smarter than you? Imagine for a moment that a 12-year-old kid is solving a math problem in the year 2000. How would it look? The kid may be

Awareness

Capgras Syndrome: The Delusion of Doppelganger

Capgras Syndrome is a rare condition in which a person is perceived as the duplicate of a family member or loved one. This delusion can hamper daily functioning and affect both the patient and the person disillusioned as a doppelganger.

Education

From Superstition to Science: The Evolution of Mental Health Understanding and Treatment

Imagine waking up one day with symptoms of depression, feelings of guilt, lack of interest in activities you once enjoyed, and persistent fatigue. Today, a doctor or psychologist would likely diagnose you with depression and offer treatment options. But what