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Health

Role of Media in Promoting Body Image Dissatisfaction

The effect of social media on body image can have various negative consequences on the physical and psychological well-being of an individual. They experience body shame because of continuous exposure to particular body types on social media. Social media gives

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Psychosocial Care during Emergencies

Emergencies can be psychologically and socially draining for people, families, and communities. Not only do people endure horrors before or during escape, but their living circumstances once they have achieved safety also place a heavy burden on them. The way

Education

Conspiracy Theories: Understanding Its Appeal and Social Impact

If you are someone who often finds yourself caught in the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories, spending hours diving into the depths of mysterious online forums, then you would be interested in today’s topic as well! No, we are not

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Female Foeticide – A Social Evil?

Our Indian culture has always believed in the male dominating society or patriarchy which can be seen from the history of our ancestors. There are certain societal issues which we come across every day. We see it in media, newspaper,

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Online Social Support: Buffer for everyday discrimination?

Social media is all-pervasive entity in our lives, and its boons and banes have been extensively debated, not only within the Psychology community but also in popular culture, at large. There is no doubt that social media use is pitted

Technology

“Social life” or a gloomy array of expectations?

Today, all of us look around for some or the other kind of validation. But, does the hunger for validation from people who are not even concerned about us important? More importantly, does that form of validation lead us to

Awareness

Mediated Reality Impact of the Virtual World

In his book The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxely opened himself to the wonderful and reorienting experience of taking mescaline. His description of the ‘trip’ and the resulting investigation into art and human life makes him question the primacy of

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Media Destigmatizing Mental Illness

Web Series Breathe: Into the Shadows, brings light on showcasing Dissociative Identity Disorder Breathe: Into the shadows, a recent Indian web series has stirred up a lot of review and discussion. No doubt, the quality of Indian web shows and

Health

Social Anxiety Disorder: Types, Contributing Factors and Treatment Methods

Social anxiety disorder also known as social phobia is a mental disorder in which a person has a fear of one or more specific social situations. The person thinks that other people will be examining him/her and evaluate his actions

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Eco-conscious behavior can make human life happier regardless of their social status

Not only it can maintain human existence on earth, but becoming eco-friendly can be really beneficial for our well-being. A recent research has proved that taking care of mother nature can actually nurture our mental well beings. The reason for