Since numbers excite us and give us a measurable estimate, let us talk about the current most pressing issue in numbers! Yes, let us talk about mental health in numbers! Do you know the alarming numbers revolving around mental health in India? According to a 2019 study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in India, 1. Around 7.5% of …
What are the reasons behind the rising mental health issue among the youth ?
On an average 10-20% adolescents throughout the world suffer from mental health problems. More than half of these problems begin before the age of 15, yet such issues are left under-diagnosed and under-treated (Kessler et al, 2007; WHO, 2020). According to the National Mental Health Survey of India, among the youth mental health conditions account for 7.3% out of the …
Loneliness among young adults during the covid-19 pandemic and increase in mental health problems
Mental Illness Is Our Epidemic within the Corona-virus Pandemic” (Miller, 2020). The novel corona virus disease is not restricted to physical illness. In a very short period of time, it has triggered economic, social and mental crisis (Usmanetal., 2020). Is covid 19 the stepping stone for an upcoming mental health crisis? It is a natural bodily response of an individual …
Loneliness
A word most of us are all too familiar with. And yet not many of us understand it. We all have experienced it at different points in time. We all have experienced it in different forms and intensities. Wikipedia defines it as “Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation. Loneliness is also described as social pain—a psychological mechanism …
Normalizing “The Talk”.
We live in a society, Where sex education, live in relationships, one night stands. Have always been a taboo. These things I never discussed openly in families. This is because we Indians are very steeped in traditions or our interpretation of traditions. So while we are very quick to embrace the West when it comes to our clothes, the way …
PSYCHOLOGY OF DEHUMANIZATION
HIMAJA BOINAPALLI Psychology Enthusiast, In the area of human resource, mental health, well being worked with AIESEC INTRODUCTION Black Lives Matter protests that began last month have sparked up similar social movements across the world, such as Palestinian Lives Matter, Russian Lives Matter, Muslim Lives Matter, & Papuan Lives Matter,where communities are protesting against systemic oppression and marginalization. Research shows …
TIES OF SELF-ESTEEM WITH WORK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND PRAISE
By DEVIKA KAPUR Head of outreach and media operation at lena research and consulting Self-esteem is defined as an individual’s subjective assessment of their abilities, which would factor into their bigger value of self-worth. Factors that could sway or influence one’s self-esteem are – perceptions, others’ reactions, experiences at home, school,work & community, age, achievements, role/status in society, ago, and …
DOES OUR LEVEL OF OPTIMISM/PESSIMISM CHANGE WITH LIFE EXPERIENCES
By VIJAI PANDAY Entrepreneur, Advisor and Chief psychometric Scientist Mentor ,Head of Assessments of the psychometric World Optimism/Pessimism is conceptualised in two distinct, if not exclusive, manner. One, as a ‘dispositional optimism’ -a generalised expectation that good things will happen in future. Two, as a general feeling of hope and joy with regard to future.Researchers have debated since long whether …
LEADERSHIP OF DIFFERENCES
By JIMMY MODY Psychologist,Transpersonal Regression Therapist www.jimmymody.com The Earth we live in is increasingly becoming a battlefield for the forces of integration versus the forces of fragmentation. The play between opposites has encumbered our world as it has our family lives as well. Psychologists, counselors,management gurus have all been working hard to find solutions to a growing‘relationships’ crisis, at both …
PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID
By KOMAL MANSHANI COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented situation which has led to struggles in the various domains- personal, social, economic, and political. The psychological aftermath of these changes can be predicted to be huge, and impacting several of us. In many cases, a resolution of these issues would require professional mental health assistance. However, numerous persons in …
