mentalhealth

Treatment of OCD

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating neuropsychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 2 to 3 percent and is established to be 10th leading cause of disability in the world. Patients with OCD experience recurrent, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive, stereotyped behaviors (compulsions) that last for at least one […]

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Mental Health in India

According to the World Health Organization(WHO) there is a 10-25% life expectancy reduction in patients with severe mental health disorders. WHO has labelled India as the most depressing country.   These might be facts but they present the glaring reality of the stigma attached to mental health in India . In […]

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COVID-19 and Mental Health

The worst impact of the pandemic, apart from our country’s economy, has been on mental health. People’s mental health problems are either dismissed or they are forced to carry the ‘crazy’ label put on them by society. In India, there is little to no awareness about mental health. Our country’s […]

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Yoga: Physical and Mental fitness.

Benefits of yoga Yoga is a complete combination of spiritual, mental and physical practices which was originated in ancient India. It is followed by many people all around the world. It is adapted by the people in their lifestyles on daily basis  Yoga is a type of work out that […]

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MENTAL HEALTH

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”― Henry Wads worth Longfellow We are living in a world where physical fitness had become more important without caring for one’s mental health. In the race of […]

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Typhoid and low levels of Serotonin

Vaishali Singh It’s the seventh time I got detected positive with typhoid, the first time my Widal test came out to be positive was when I was in 5th standard and today I am in the second year of my college it’s been more than 10 years but the problem […]

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Outside perils

It’s been a long time since I have stepped outside my home. With all such dreadful news flying in the air, stepping out is becoming more and more difficult. And to think about all the precautions that one needs to take, makes going out unbearable. If I think about not […]

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The Versatile Sushant

Sushant was definetley a gem that we all lost recently. He was not only a good actor but was also a multitalented human being.He was born in Patna, to Krishna Kumar Singh and Usha Singh. He was the eldest in the family and has four elder sisters.The actor lost his […]

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