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The dearth of proper mental health centers in Kashmir is becoming a problem.

Long and back-to-back lockdowns, along with a scarcity of healthcare services, have exacerbated the issue. Since the beginning of 2019, hospitals in Kashmir have seen an influx of mental health condition cases. Patients’ suffering is exacerbated by a lack of

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Understanding Black Grief

Black Americans have a life expectancy of 78 years, which is 6 years less than white Americans. They are twice as likely as white Americans to die of heart disease, 50% more likely to have high blood pressure, and are

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How to be Happy? Here are some recommendations

Increasing happiness may appear to be a difficult endeavour, yet a simple activity can have a significant impact on our mood. It’s not always easy to figure out what makes us happy, especially if we haven’t been feeling good for

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Lockdown: Effective Strategy or Bane in Disguise

As a result of the lockdown, demand for counselling services has increased, revealing a dearth of mental health care that predates the pandemic. Hu Bojun, the clinical psychologist with a US education has received numerous questions regarding her and her

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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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Impact of Personality Traits on Cognitive Abilities

Do personality traits affect cognitive abilities? American Psychological Association (APA) agrees by suggesting that organized and self-disciplined people have fewer odds of developing mental illnesses at an older age. The effect of three personality traits, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and extraversion, on

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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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First Psychological Support Centre in Abuja: This NGO does more than just concern

PROJECT PINK BLUE (PPB) is a cancer organization involved in raising awareness about cancer, free of cost or cost-effective screenings for cancer, support for cancer patients, patient navigation, patient health and wellness advocacy, fundraising to support people battling with cancer,

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Questioning the Evidence of Autism Interventions: The Right Foot Forward

Professor Andrew Whitehouse, Head of the Autism Research Team at Telethon Kids Institute and Director of CliniKids and his colleagues reported that few autism interventions used in the clinic are backed by solid evidence in 2020, but the complaints against

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Effectiveness Of Interventions In Countering Covid-19 Pandemonium: A Psychological Perspective

The year of 2019 concluded with change, as the only constant. The unpropitious realm of 2020 began on 11 March when the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of Covid-19 as a pandemic. Researchers, doctors as well as the general