A Psychoanalytic Approach to understand the ‘why’ of Suicide

Dr. Farah Naqvi 9-July-2020General Psychology, Mental Health

The human mind, at times, behaves strangely. The more one decides not to think about something, the more it thinks. Hearing of suicide, be it of someone known to us personally or someone completely unknown, creates a deep void, feeling of helplessness and questions with difficult or no answer. The person who commits suicide is gone, but the ones left ...

Participation in Workplace Democracy and its Implications on Authoritarianism

Manav Agarwal 6-July-2020Uncategorized

Psychologists have always viewed authoritarianism as a rather rigid personality trait that is not susceptible to short term change. Authoritarianism refers to the “tendency to be deferent to authority and to be intolerant of deviance from existing social hierarchies” (Wu & Paluck, 2020, p. 2). The studies conducted by Wu & Paluck (2020) provide contrasting evidence to the idea of ...

Neuro-psychology Of Complaining & What We Can Do

Himaja Boinapalli 24-June-2020General Psychology

According to the Cambridge dictionary, complaining is the act of saying that something is wrong or not satisfactory. An average person complains 30 times a day. (Will Bowen, leading author & speaker on the topic, founder of ComplaintFreeWorld) We can complain to start/ end a conversation, we complain when we feel powerless, frustrated, complain out of habit, to avoid responsibility, ...

Engaging in Stereotype – not right!

Dr. Farah Naqvi 8-June-2020General Psychology, Mental Health

Wow! What a critical point he has brought in the discussion. Oh! He is a Banerjee, a Bengali. They eat fish every day, and this is the result, sharp memory. Mr Banerjee could not help but silently chuckle to himself. This was not the first time he had heard a remark like this. He was, in fact, in deep reflection ...

The Secret Lives of Indian Men & Women, Unveiled Through Two Consecutive Crises

Mariya Jilinskaya 18-May-2020General Psychology, Mental Health

Tweet It has been several years now that I live and work in India, and that India became a sort of fieldwork space for my psychological research. I wasn’t specifically drawn to India, I am neither an Anthropologist, nor an Ethnographist much less an Indologist, but being a Psychologist – India was to me just like any other country, like ...

Announcing Mr. Rajan Sinha as Vice-President & Head of Committee

Admin IIBP 18-May-2020Coaching, News Corner, Training and Development

Tweet IIBP appoints Mr. Rajan Sinha as "Vice-President & Head, Committee for Accreditation of Coaching Practices." On 29th April 2020, Mr. Rajan Sinha was appointed as Vice-President & Head of Committee for Accreditation of Coaching Practices. Mr. Rajan Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, Mantrana Consulting is a PCC-level certified Life and Leadership Coach from Coach-for-life, Inc., USA. A former Head, ...

‘The Ability in Vulnerability’

Dr. Farah Naqvi 11-May-2020General Psychology, Mental Health

Tweet The other day when I took my daughter to bed to put her to sleep, it was raining, and the sky was making thundering sounds. My three-year-old clinging firmly to me said- “Mumma hug me”. These two words, “hug me” come so spontaneously to her whenever she feels threatened or cautious that it left me thinking. As adults, many ...

Announcing Dr. Anamika Sharma as Vice-President & Head of Committee

Admin IIBP 5-May-2020News Corner, Psychometric Testing

IIBP appoints Dr. Anamika Sharma as "Vice-President & Head, Committee for Accreditation of Psychometric Testing." In April 2020, Dr. Anamika Sharma was formally appointed as "Vice-President & Head, Committee for Accreditation of Psychometric Testing." This marks a landmark day in IIBP's history, as we strive to build a community of business psychologists & those interested in the study of business ...

Announcing Dr. Nabhit Kapur as Vice-President & Head of Committee

Akshay Sharan 6-April-2020Mental Health, News Corner, Occupational Health

Tweet IIBP appoints Prof. (Dr.) Nabhit Kapur as "VIce-President & Head, Committee for Accreditation of Occupational Health Services." On 6th April 2020, Prof. (Dr.) Nabhit Kapur was formally appointed as "Vice-President & Head, Committee for Accreditation of Occupational Health Services." This marks a landmark day in IIBP's history, as we strive to build a community of business psychologists & those ...

Psychological Response to COVID-19 & Loneliness in the UK

Akshay Sharan 2-April-2020Employee Health, General Psychology

Tweet Researchers at UCL have stepped forward in this time of global crisis to ascertain the impact of a pandemic such as COVID-19 on individuals living in the UK. Currently, adult participants living in the UK are being recruited to study the impact of the pandemic. Researchers hope that the data collected could help inform policy and practice with regards ...