Trauma
Children

When Words Fail, Play Speaks: Understanding the Power of Play Therapy

While sometimes emotions are subtle or overwhelming, children do not always know how to put them into words. Just as adults sometimes need to talk through their problems, sometimes it works for children to express themselves in the language they know best: play. Play therapy uses a structured and theoretically based approach through the medium

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Cognitive Personality

Gambling disorder

Gambling disorder also known as compulsive gambling or disordered gambling is a pervasive disorder and addiction characterized by continuous gambling, preoccupation with obtaining money for gambling, and a continuation of the gambling behaviour despite facing adversities and potential loss of control over this behaviour. Gambling disorder often referred to as pathological gambling does not involve

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Clinical Health Psychology

Understanding Agoraphobia: Fear, Causes, and Impact

The protagonist Mehak, in the Indian psychological thriller Phobia, experiences an overwhelming and crippling fear at the mere thought of stepping outside her house. This might feel overly dramatic and fictional for people who are watching. However, this is a reality for millions of people around the world. Phobia sheds light on Agoraphobia, which is

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Cognitive

Understanding Exposure Therapy: How It Works and Why It Helps?

Therapy is a process where individuals work together with trained professionals such as psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health workers to address mental health issues, emotional challenges and life difficulties. It seeks to enhance the mental health and build resilience of individuals. There are various types of therapies the most popular ones include cognitive behavioural therapy

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Health

Complex PTSD: Effects, Treatment, and Recovery

When thinking about trauma, there is a tendency to think about the “one incident” that changed everything forever. Trauma, since time immemorial, has been seen as originating from definite, extraordinary and significant traumatic events, which are often sudden and short-lived, for example- war combat, casualties due to natural disasters and catastrophic accidents.  This limited view

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