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NIMHANS Vacancy for Neuropsychologist 

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) is one of the most renowned centres for mental health, neuroscience, and allied fields. The organisation has announced a vacancy for a “Neuropsychologist” on a contract basis. The post is open for a

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Why Sensory Sensitivity Matters in Workplace Design for Autistic Individuals

Sensory-processing sensitivity is a characteristic that shows how people differ in their responses to various environments. These environments can include a broad range of internal and external factors, whether they are learned or automatic, as well as physical settings, sensory

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How Pollution Shapes Children’s Brain Development and Mental Health

Toddlers putting things into their mouths, school-aged children playing in a schoolyard and teenagers walking to school through traffic are all physical interactions with their immediate environment. Children need to explore physically to grow, by exploring through their five senses. But what

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The Illusion of Control: How Horoscopes Reduce Uncertainty and Anxiety

An image of an old man might have appeared inside your head, shuffling the pages of a newspaper in search of something. Specifically, after reading the word ‘’horoscope’’. These little columns are very popular among the readers of our nation. It really

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The Role of Cultural Sensitivity in Public Psychological Services

According to new data by the WHO, more than 1 billion people are living with mental health disorders, and the number is constantly rising. These problems are prevalent across various age groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, geographical regions and distinct cultures. With the

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The Hidden Mental Health Costs of Masking at Work

Riya scripts every smile until her jaw begins to ache, trying to polish a persona that she knows is bound to break. Her boss asks her to “focus.” he is unaware of the cost. Riya remains silent, too depleted to

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Community-Based Healing Circles and Culturally Grounded Interventions

Sanjay, A Shopkeeper (33 years), never thought of himself as someone who had experienced” trauma”. But years of growing up in a household filled with yelling, control, and emotional neglect had quietly shaped his adult life. He struggled to trust

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Forgiveness, Justice, and Healing: A Psychological Perspective on Emotional Recovery

“In the famous Indian epic Mahabharata, one of the most moving and powerful journeys of forgiveness and justice unfolds between Yudhishthira and Duryodhana. After years of dishonesty, humiliation and violent clash, all provoked by Duryodhana’s thirst for dominance. Yudhishthira, the

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Inaction as Strategy: Passive Behaviour in Shared Public Responsibilities

We often think of social problems as failures of action. Despite widespread concern about climate change, it continues to be the dominant threat to our future life cycles. Many institutions are fast becoming uninhabitable due to neglect, yet there continues to

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Inclusive Mannequins: How Retail Displays are Normalising Disability

Typically, when passing through a retail establishment, one pays little attention to the display mannequins. For the most part, almost all of them share a common set of characteristics; they are generally very slender, stand tall, have a symmetrical appearance and