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Have people become more addicted to alcohol during the pandemic?
Disclaimer: Drinking alcohol does not prevent or treat the COVID-19 virus COVID-19 pandemic has hit India like a brick on the face, causing an insurmountable impact on people’s physical and mental health. Similarly, substance use addiction is another pandemic that if collided with COVID-19 can cause a total collapse of the healthcare system. COVID-19, Isolation……
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Changing Pattern of Drug Usage Amidst the Pandemic
It’s been more than a year since the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the life of every human on the planet. The disruption has been on every front; from economic, to social, to emotional and physical. No aspect of everyday life has been spared. We have been under full lockdown, then partial lockdown and with the second……
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Why you may need a psychologist by 2030
On reading the title of this article, most of us are likely to say, ‘Not me, I won’t need a psychologist, I am perfectly fine. While it may be true for many of us, the real problem is that we view going to a psychologist as something that must be avoided at all cost. However,……
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Schizophrenia and Marijuana
What is “Marijuana”? “Marijuana” also known as weed, ganja, pot is a derivative of Cannabis, a plant that can be easily found in the Americas. The basic of the herb derives from the fact that the plant grows in the western part of North America. While the plant is Cannabis sativa, the name of this……
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How Addiction Can Increase the Risk of Suicide
Substance abusers are at higher risk of suicidal tendencies and suicide. Studies show that people who committed suicide in 2009, 33% had consumed alcohol, 23% had taken anti-depressants, and 21% were on prescription or hard drugs. Approximate 70% of people had consumed at least 1 type of substance, and 25% had taken more than 1….…
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PTSD Among Covid Patients
The war against the COVID pandemic has been going on for over a year. India’s latest tally has been 11.6 million cases with 160 thousand deaths. These are uncertain times, and the human race is highly vulnerable. It is natural for most of us to feel insecure and worried about the future. Covid patients are……
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Prescription Drug Misuse/Abuse In India
Have you ever been refused medicines at the pharmacy because you forgot the doctor’s prescription note? Chances are maybe once or twice. So, why is it that some medicines can be bought only with a prescription note and some without? Here’s the difference. A prescription drug is a medicine that one can only buy with……
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Teen Drug Abuse: A Guide For Parents
It’s not easy to talk to teenagers about many things. Among them is drug abuse. It’s challenging to find out if they are using drugs, especially if they’re addicted to them. An Indian survey conducted in 2005-2006 reported that 28.6% of teens used tobacco and 11% drank alcohol. A few studies also reported some substance……
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Webinar- Importance of Therapeutic Relationships and Emotional Awareness by Tatva Centre
In our weekly webinars, we talk about various industry scenarios and challenges of rehabs across the country, along with the de-addiction and mental health challenges faced by the mental health community and people in general. In the tenth webinar of the series, we invited Ms Kripi Malviya – A psychologist, experiential psychotherapist, and mental health……
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How to Stop Alcohol Cravings?
Alcohol addiction, also known as alcoholism, affects people in more ways than you can imagine. Experts have factored its many reasons such as socioeconomics, psychological, genetics, and behavioral. Alcohol addiction varies from person to person depending upon their amount and frequency of drinking alcohol. Alcohol has also become a part of modern social life where……