Introduction to Childhood OCDA common myth is that if an individual is very tidy, and organized, doesn’t like others messing up their space, and is strict about cleanliness, then they have OCD. OCD as a disorder has more to do with the disruption of one’s time than cleanliness. In obsessive-compulsive disorder, as the name suggests, an individual tends to do…
Psychology and Psychiatry: two peas in a Pod?Medical sciences and other areas have established their roots since the beginning, people used to refer to the practitioners as healers and then went ahead with doctors in modern times. But years since that development, various fields have emerged in medical sciences, one such field is psychiatry.What is Psyche?To explain what the field…
Teaching Your Child Psychology?Even after reading multiple health-related blogs and articles, we always come down to the need to expose these areas to children. In modern society, we tend to want to protect our children from everything, let them have absolutely no stressors and maintain a stable life.But life does not work that way, even with a textbook stress-free life a child can…
Features of ASDAutism Spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects communication, and social relationships. There is also a tendency to repeat movements, behaviour, and gestures. It is termed a spectrum because it has a different range of severity of dysfunctionality. (Asperger’s syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and an unspecified form of pervasive developmental disorder.) The symptoms can appear before one…
Psychiatry Online ConsultationThe awareness of mental health has increased exponentially in the past decade. And another thing that has grown just as quickly is online medical consultations. Due to the nature of work, psychiatrists preferred meeting the patients face to face before prescribing any medications. But in recent years especially after the pandemic, the use of online modes of the…
The Cycle of Self-HarmPsychological disorders and their additional features, all occur in a wide spectrum, no two cases are the same, nor do they remain the same throughout the journey. If you plant a single case on a graph, there will not be a consistent pattern. Humans change with time, this change can be drastic or gradual, or impactful or…
Psychology of IntelligenceWhat is Intelligence?The theory of natural selection has been famous for decades, it states that organisms who adapt to the changing environment survive better. This means that the genetic structure of that organism will pass to the progeny. So if one organism is capable of surviving the current climate, chances are that organism will be able to produce more progeny,…
Down Syndrome AwarenessWorld Down Syndrome DayDown syndrome usually causes varying degrees of intellectual and physical disability and associated medical issues. And a lot of discrimination occurs with individuals, so an initiative was taken to spread awareness over the world the United Nations. This global awareness initiative backed by the UN is celebrated on 21 March as World Down Syndrome Day.…
