Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, emotion, behaviour and perception. In the previous article, we discussed its symptoms. Today, we look at its etiology and treatment. Etiology of Schizophrenia. This category can be broadly divided into biological, environmental and psychological factors. Biological Factors. Family, twin and adoption studies favour the idea that […]
Category Archives: Positive Psychology
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As a counselling psychologist-in-training, I work each day towards reducing the stigma around seeking help for one’s mental health. In the process, I come across many misconceptions that people have about therapy. So here is a list I wrote of some things I feel no one ever tells you about therapy. I hope this clears […]
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If you observe this, you will find all the miserable people have more or less similar qualities. They will be grumpy, complaining all the time, any small thing would irritate them, and even a smile from someone will make them suspicious and worried. They may have a big ego, but a very low esteem of themselves. Such people would find thousands of reasons to be unhappy with life.
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By culture, she don’t mean the geographic or political boundaries that divides one people from another as much as the invisible psychological boundaries separating us from them.
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Each time I’d make a fuss about drinking the milk offered to me at the breakfast table, my mother would exclaim how there are children on the streets who have to spend an entire day empty stomach. The three year old Nandita never understood this correlation and she fails to understand it even as a […]
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Quiver free breath, confusion free mind, inhibition free intellect, trauma free memory and sorrow free soul; are the birthright of every individual.
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There are some good reasons to have concerns. Many work places are emphatic deserts. the psychologist Oliver James argues that the business word in particular has an unusually high proportions of people who exhibit a “dark triad” of disturbing personality trades: they can be machiavellian, narcissistic, and even psychopathic.
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Things are interdependent: failure/success, happiness/unhappiness, summer/winter, youth/old age, beauty/ugliness — all are interdependent, they exist together.
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A happy organisation is a sum total of employee happiness. Research suggests that Happiness or lack of it, can be a key differentiator in the performance of corporates. Happiness is the ultimate productivity boaster.
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Their research done on 1,600 kids that took the test. They were pleased to know that “98% of them scored at genius level! This was
really amazing for them. the team decided to turn this test into a longitudinal study, and give the same group of
children the same test again in 5 years time.