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Balancing Study and Relaxation 09 Feb 2017

Balancing Study and Relaxation

Most students are pretty familiar with that feeling of falling into a giant, black hole of study commitments with no hope of return. It doesn’t have to be this way! Making efforts to balance study and relaxation is not only important for your state of mind, but for the quality of your study as wel...

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Tip Sheet- Exam Stress 06 Feb 2017

Tip Sheet- Exam Stress

Students are often faced with a series of exams this time of the year, which are usually scheduled closely together. This can lead to great stress for students - and those who live with them! The words stress and pressure are often used interchangeably but in fact they are quite different. Pressure ...

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Common Myths about Mental Illness That India Needs to Dismiss 03 Feb 2017

Common Myths about Mental Illness That India Needs to Dismiss

India is a rapidly developing nation. But even in this modern age, a grave concern such as mental illness is not spoken about openly, and patients are often shunned marginalised by society. In 2001, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that globally 450 million people suffer from mental dis...

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How to Deal with Diabetes and Other Chronic Health Issues 01 Feb 2017

How to Deal with Diabetes and Other Chronic Health Issues

A fracture after an accident can no doubt be painful, but at least you know it will heal in time. The case is not so in the case of chronic ailments for which no cure has been found yet. We are talking about conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, and arthritis – ailments that involve signi...

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Most Prominent Causes of Mental Health Issues 30 Jan 2017

Most Prominent Causes of Mental Health Issues

Diagnosing mental illness is a lot different than diagnosing other chronic ailments, for instance, heart disease. Heart diseases can be identified with the help of ECG. Diabetes can be diagnosed with the help of blood tests. When it comes to brain though, doctors are still working towards effective ...

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Is ADHD a learning difficulty? 13 Nov 2016

Is ADHD a learning difficulty?

Written by Bina NangiaI am often asked these questions in my job as special educator. ‘What is a learning difficulty?’ ‘What is attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD and ADHD)?’ ‘Is there any difference between them?’ Many people think that the two ...

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Depression Is Not a Stigma: 5 Famous People Who Spoke Up About It 10 Oct 2016

Depression Is Not a Stigma: 5 Famous People Who Spoke Up About It

1 in 10 people in India suffer from some degree of depression. It does not help that the Indian society at large still sees depression as a stigma. It is quickly equaled to an untreatable manic disorder that has to be brushed under the carpet. The fact that signs of depression can often be more...

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Are you outgunned by your teenaged child? 16 Dec 2016

Are you outgunned by your teenaged child?

Are You Outgunned By Your Teenaged Child? (The Teenage Years)When your child is young, it goes without saying that immense care and love is required for upbringing. With time, your child will no more be a kid and enter the bumpiest stage of his/her life-the teenage years. Being a teenager is not onl...

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