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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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Managing Substance Abuse 10 Oct 2016

Managing Substance Abuse

Written by Michelle ManassehSubstance abuse seems to be a distant concept until someone you know suffers from it. For me, it was a distant cousin, a college student  who was being treated for drug and alcohol abuse. It was heart wrenching to see this young boy go through intensive mental h...

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How to Counsel Adolescents in Today’s Day and Age 10 Oct 2016

How to Counsel Adolescents in Today’s Day and Age

Written by Rupalim PatgiriAdolescents constitute more than one-fifth of the global population . They are the future of our society, and hence, their physical and mental health is of paramount importance. As adolescence is a period when individuals undergo rapid physical and psychological changes, st...

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The Connection between College and Depression 10 Oct 2016

The Connection between College and Depression

Written by Sanhita VatsaCollege can be thought of as a fresh start after schooling. Many of us tend to remember it as the most exciting period of our lives. As we leave school and join a new institution, we are exposed to more knowledge, different kinds of people, a myriad of opinions, different tea...

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