Tag: #MentalHealth
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Alarming Figures: 35% of Pakistanis require psychological help
We Pakistanis barely take mental health issues seriously. In fact, many of us — both educated and otherwise — dismiss mental diseases as mere superstitions. We falsely think that only conditions like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, eye infections, and more constitute “ailments”. And if you have any serious psychological or mental conditions, you typically get…
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Mental Health: Need to Accept Diversity
They say, “the brain works 24 hours a day, every day since our birth till the day we fall in love”. Pardon my joke, as serious as it seems, mental health is a significant but completely ignored social issue. Especially in our part of the world where a person is branded as “Pagal”, or “psycho”…
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Mental Health in Pakistan
Mental health is the least important topic to be discussed in Pakistan as people assume the person who is struggling in life mentally is just insane and cannot be treated. It’s an ultimate failure of our society that does not accept this problem as an illness. APPNA stands with Mr. Shaukat Mukadam, prays for Justice…
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Zendaya gets candid about therapy, ‘It’s a beautiful thing’
American singer and actress, Zendaya, opens up about quarantine blues and why getting help is essentially nothing to be ashamed about, “I think it’s a beautiful thing.” In an interview with British Vogue, the Euphoria star opened up about her life amidst the ongoing pandemic and how it took a toll on her mental health.…
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Music, A Healthy Activity
This opinion is by Adeel Asif. Music is considered as nutrition of the soul that is the main reason why music is taken as a healthy activity, since the beginning it has a very significant impact on the health and overall physical and mental condition of its listeners. While music does help with health-related issues,…
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Misuse of social media and rising depression
This opinion has been shared by Erum Shehzadi. Social media is a platform that has made the whole world a village, a platform through which you can connect with people from any country in the world from anywhere in the world. There was a time when only adults knew about this social media but with…
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Psychological wellbeing of orphans
This opinion has been shared by Fatima Zafar. Childhood is an important period for a child’s overall development. The researchers for mental health care always focus on children for their studies. All of these studies have highlighted emotional problems such as depression, anxiety, and difficulties in making social interactions. Children also have a serious issue…
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Psychological effects of coronavirus taking toll on mental health
Mehwish Azam ISLAMABAD, Oct 23 (APP):Current year has not been an easy one since the novel coronavirus has hit the world abruptly. It has taken its toll on almost all aspects of common man’s life and that of global economies. Finances, business markets, health and education systems, everything has been interrupted badly however, the most…
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Paris cafes to shut as Europe confronts second virus wave
Paris, Oct 6 (AFP/APP):A second wave of the coronavirus in Europe has forced Paris to shutter its iconic cafes Monday as the US presidential race was in disarray after Donald Trump checked himself out of hospital after Covid-19 treatment. France reported nearly 17,000 new coronavirus cases on Saturday alone, the highest daily number since the…
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Indian actress attempts suicide due to social media harassment
Tamil actress Vijaya Lakshmi was admitted to a hospital in Chennai after she allegedly attempted to commit suicide. On Sunday, she took to Facebook to share a video where she claimed to have consumed pills that lead to low blood pressure resulting in death. She also accused followers of Seeman and Hari Nadar of harassment…