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A Common Psychological Issue amongst Pakistanis Pakistan, a country with little to no demand for psychological care is overridden with mental illness. According to Dawn News, Over 50 million Pakistanis suffer from mental illnesses (2016). Often these illnesses can be easily diagnosed, yet in many cases, these problems are not…

Emergency Psychiatric Intervention Psychiatry is a field that perhaps everyone may have heard of, but few who’ve properly understood it-and it is very important that we understand it. Basically, Psychiatry is a “Branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.” When it comes to mental health, consult…

Mental Health among Youngsters Today At a younger age, it is quite easy to remain in a fresh state of mind owing to minimal responsibilities, little to no social pressure and a large number of outlets for various kinds of mental and physical stresses if any at all. Yet still,…

Need for Betterment in the Mental Health Sector Mental health sector has long been somewhat of a stepchild when we talk about the development of the health sector on the whole. As it just so happens that the entire health sector receives little attention in terms of quality check, mental…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Being a fairly well-known condition-and one that is often televised- you may already be familiar with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or an OCD for short. An OCD is a chronic disorder, in which a person suffers from uncontrollable and repetitive thoughts and/or behaviors. While many of us may…

Schizophrenia: A Disease that May End Up Killing You In late 2016, Imdad Ali, a 50 year old electrician, had been sentenced to be hanged for the murder of an imam, at a mosque on the outskirts of Lahore. However, there was one major complication in all this. Imdad was…

Schizophrenia “A serious mental illness characterized by incoherent or illogical thoughts, bizarre behavior and speech, and delusions or hallucinations.” – Encyclopedia of Psychology. It is important for us to educate ourselves on schizophrenia for many reasons, especially in the context of Pakistan. Here, (particularly in rural and tribal regions) Schizophrenia…

Some Words on Autism While many of you reading this may be aware of what autism is, knowledge regarding it is scarcely available in Pakistan. Namely, autism is a term used for multiple neurological developmental disorders showing up in concurrence. These disorders involve impairments in speech and cognitive functioning. In…

The Benefits of Pets: Do They Make Us Better Off? Taking care of companion animals is a task which requires a lot of responsibility, time and tenacity.  Often, it is an uphill battle, but at the end of this road, you earn a loyal and loving friend. While that in…

The Stigmatization Mitigation In numerous countries all over the world and upon various platforms, people have finally started acknowledging mental health as a serious point of concern. On social media, we see various artists, celebrities, notable personalities and platforms acting as advocates in favor of promoting mental health awareness. Yet still, the degree…

Understanding Psychology: How is it Effective and why it isn’t as Popular as it should be? Often a topic of intrigue and scrutiny, psychology, whilst turning many a head, is a concept quite poorly understood. One person may define it as “the study of the soul”, whereas another may refer…

DAWN News published a survey on suicide on December 2018. The survey was conducted online, and respondents were asked to share their stories and views on suicide. There were a total of 5,157 total responses, which is a lot more than one would expect as suicides are rarely if ever…

Pakistan has had more than its fair share of problems. One of the bigger yet seemingly unprecedented problems is that of drug abuse. According to a report released by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in 2013, 4.1 million people in Pakistan have been thought to be dependent on…