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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Domestic violence puts children’s mental health at risk
When your parents fight, it’s painful enough, but a new study suggests that trauma can increase your chances of depression and other mental health issues. More than 17,700 Canadian people took part in a national survey on mental health for
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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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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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Demystifying Weight Gain
Weight gain is commonly caused by overeating, eating the incorrect sorts of food, or consuming a lot of sugar without getting enough exercise. However, there could be some unanticipated reasons for the rising waistline that weren’t usually considered. Hormones, medicine,
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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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Demonic Possession or Dissociative Identity Disorder
What if for all these years we have not been looking at the situation from the right angle? What If we got it all wrong? What if “demonic possession” or “oppression” or “cursed”- instead of having a paranormal explanation has
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The schizophrenic person was acquitted of the murder charge by the HC
Mental illnesses are not essential nor sufficient reasons of violent behaviour. Socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics such as being young, male, and of lower socio-economic position continue to be key drivers of violence. Second, people of the general public probably overstate
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Misinformation, mental health, and the third wave are all issues that need to be addressed
While Covid-19 is not the world’s first pandemic, it does occur in an age of technology and information explosion, according to Dr. Debanjan Banerjee. Over the last two years, the globe, particularly India, has seen upheavals in healthcare, education, economy,
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Degrading mental health of cricketers
The mental health of the cricketers has been declining. The Injury and tiredness were induced by thick calendars and the strain that their supporters place on them has taken its toll. Some players’ overall performance also lessens with the pressure