How Telly Dramas Affect Mental Health: Escapism, Emotional Healing, or Unrealistic Expectations?
Our vision towards the content that we watch on TV has changed drastically in the past few years. With technological advances, entertainment is available on demand for viewers at any time and place. With the growth of web streaming systems such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, watching an entire show without waiting for the […]
Why Are Asians So Afraid of Therapy? Breaking Mental Health Stigmas
Asians are a diverse group of people and come from a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds and speak different languages. They are also the ones who underutilize psychiatric or psychological services and preventive health screenings. This may be because Asian communities identify mental health as something an individual must have control over and therefore, […]
Thriving in Business: Prioritizing Mental Health as an Entrepreneur
Mental wellbeing lies on a continuum and is characterized by feelings of satisfaction, happiness or “optimal psychological functioning and experience.” It is central to effective human functioning. And entrepreneurs are no exception to this. Entrepreneurs are characterized as experienced strategists with a broad mindset, focusing their decision-making processes on the implementation of visions and concepts. […]
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Mental Health: Strategies for Success
Entrepreneurs create businesses. They walk out into the world, making the choice to work for themselves, despite the risks involved. They choose self-employment over being the ‘corporate slave’ and create job opportunities for countless others. However, heading an entrepreneurial venture is characterized as one of the most stressful jobs in the world. This is because […]
AI and Mental Health: VR in treating the mental health of the elderly
Virtual Reality (VR) is the use of various technologies to digitally simulate or recreate an environment in which an observer can realistically hear, see, and/or feel as though they are a part of the simulation. This can be achieved through head-mounted displays, noise-cancelling headsets and other gadgets that can help the wearer experience the virtual […]
Creating a Culture of Care: How to Support Mental Health in Your Organization
While employee mental health in the workplace was always an area of concern, the COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly increased the need for organizations to recognize and address these challenges. With mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, burnout, psychological strain and substance use on a rise among the working professionals, the cost of declining mental […]
How Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Helps With Anxiety and Depression
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was initially developed by Aaron Beck in the 1960s and it is based on the cognitive model of mental illness. This model hypothesizes that an individual’s emotions and behaviours are influenced by the way they perceive events and situations. Consequently, the event alone does not determine the consequences; rather, it is […]
Navigating Mental Wellness: The Role of AI in Modern Therapy
Artificial Intelligence or AI, as we like to call it, has become a part of everyday operations, enhancing everything from manufacturing automation to intelligent decision support systems in financial services. The healthcare sector has witnessed a revolution with the boom of AI, helping them diagnose diseases accurately and usher in groundbreaking advancements in personalised medicine. […]
Why Mental Health Therapy Should Be Part of Routine Healthcare
In today’s times, health is being acknowledged as physical as well as mental. Mental wellbeing became a part of the WHO’s constitution as far back as 1948. However, primary healthcare systems in a multitude of countries still continue to focus on physical care alone. Despite mental health conditions being on the rise in almost every […]
LGBTQ+ Youth and Mental Health: Overcoming Challenges & Finding Support
As most of us are aware, LGBTQ+ is an acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexual minorities. Compared to their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts, these individuals face a greater risk of mental health challenges, especially depressive and anxiety disorders, self-harm and suicidality. The contributing factors encompass discrimination and harassment from […]