Regardless of whether you’re in a relationship or not, Valentine’s Day appears to be one of those occasions that you either adore or despise. Society, family, and friends place a lot of pressure on us to have an amazing Valentine’s Day. We’re inundated with advertising for flowers and jewellery, and we’re asked “What are you …
Do you get a sense of being overwhelmed? Do you suffer from anxiety, sadness, or panic attacks? Do these sensations appear to come out of nowhere, unconnected to life events or what’s going on in your environment? If that’s the case, your worry might be a sign of something more serious. Anxiety is typically the …
Serotonin or 5-HT is a neurotransmitter. It modulates learning, memory, mood, cognition, reward, and numerous physiological processes such as vomiting and vasoconstriction. Most of the serotonin is located in the GI tract and the rest in platelet and CNS. Most of the antidepressant such as SSRI and SNRI helps to increase level of serotonin. Low …
Martin Seligman and Steven F. Maier, psychologists, accidently developed the notion of learned helplessness. They had first noticed such behaviour in dogs that had been trained to expect an electrical shock when they heard a tone. The dogs were eventually placed in a shuttlebox with two chambers separated by a modest barrier. One half of …
The mind, like the body, has the ability to cure itself organically. Much of this natural coping strategy happens while you’re sleeping, especially during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. In 1987, Francine Shapiro created Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a natural approach for treating PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Since then, EMDR has been successfully …
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Dr. Rameez Shaikh, MBBS, MD.
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