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Understanding Mania and Hypomania: Symptoms, Causes, and Management Strategies

Mania and hypomania are two major mood states associated with bipolar disorder, a disorder that originates from extreme mood changes. Whereas both conditions have similar symptoms, like high, elevated moods and an increase in energy and activity levels, mania is

News

New Risk Factors for Dementia: Vision Loss and Bad Cholesterol Added

A new report by the Lancet Commission identifies loss of vision and high “bad” cholesterol as new risk factors for dementia. According to the International Researcher’s Team at University College London, UK, about 9% of global dementia cases can be

Awareness

Flashbulb Memories: Capturing the Vivid Recollection of Significant Life Events

Have you ever noticed how certain moments of your life are vividly engraved into your memory with extraordinary clarity? (like earthquakes) These vivid recollections, often of significant or emotional events, are known as flashbulb memories. Unlike everyday memories that may

Industrial

The Psychological Effects of Living in a Surveillance Society

A Surveillance Society is a residential setting where surveillance technology is widely and extensively used to monitor the day-to-day activities of the people living there. In a world, where information technology has gained widespread accessibility and affordability, the need and

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Compassion Fatigue: A Caregiver’s Silent Battle

Whenever we have a mental breakdown or mental illness and physical illness, we always reach out to health care providers, don’t we? Did you know they also face some kind of distress?  Consider, when you try to assist your friend

Therapy

Maximizing Your Therapy Experience: A Quick Guide

Admitting that you need help needs a lot of vulnerability and courage. People are often sceptical about the success rate of therapy and feelings of hyper-independence, fear of judgment and ridicule keep people from considering therapy or even acknowledging their

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Living with the Body Scar

The Face is represented as the mirror of the mind as it reflects the emotional condition of an individual. The process can be seen by some common phenomena such as blushing with embarrassment skin fading with fear, and sweating with

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

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

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The Psychological Significance of 7 Common Dreams

In psychology, we refer to the last stage of the sleep cycle as Rapid Eye Movement (REM). According to the famous psychoanalyst also known as the Father of Psychoanalysis – Sigmund Freud, “all dreams are a form of wish-fulfilment of repressed wishes