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The Inevitable Boards: How Parents Can Help

The frightening and pressing ideology that the class 10th and 12th board exams are some of the most crucial of one’s lifetime, has been assuredly passed down from one generation to the next. Though this assertion is largely found to be true, with growing class sizes resulting in growing competition amongst students; board exams have now become more stressful than ever before. The usual narrative involves students and their ability to perform up to expectation in these exams. However, what is oftentimes left out of this discussion is the role of the social support system in assisting a student to obtain his/her fullest potential. Parental support and encouragement is statistically found to do wonders for students in most stressful testing situations.

Dr. Ashima Srivastava In Mental Health And Behavioural Sciences Clinical Psychology

Nov 08 , 2020 | 5 min read

Take Care of your Mental health at Workplace

As generations progress, we spend more and more time at the workplace than ever before. The long hours, combined with a lot of other stress factors are bound to take a toll on one's physical and mental health. Looking from a mental health perspective, your work life may be a major contributor to disorders like anxiety, depression, substance abuse etc. Sometimes, it is also possible that stress in one's life may manifest itself in the form of physical ailments too. In such cases, there is no biological base to problems.

Dr. Ashima Srivastava In Mental Health And Behavioural Sciences Clinical Psychology

Nov 08 , 2020 | 2 min read

Anxiety Rates Are Building up in Working Women!

Aren’t women expected to play multiple roles in juggling between home and office? There is often guilt of not being able to spend enough time with loved ones and there lies no outlet for the frustration that accumulates from the pressure of having to conform to these demands. This leads to a plethora of psychiatric and medical conditions, the most common being ANXIETY. You might face a challenge in maintaining the balance between the personal and professional life, which accelerates their level of anxiety and stress causing:

Dr. Ashima Srivastava In Mental Health And Behavioural Sciences Clinical Psychology

Nov 08 , 2020 | 1 min read

Depression: Let’s Talk About it!

Dr. Ashima Srivastava says, one of my clients described her experience of “Depression” as follows: “I only think negatively, and I feel constantly hopeless and guilty. I constantly think about having a better family, health and future. My head hurts so much. I have occasionally encountered feelings, as if things in my life already happened, and I feel a sense of emptiness. I don’t know how to describe these feelings. I don’t feel normal, or maybe this is now the new normal for me. I just want to go back to how I used to be. Most of these problems are persistent, with very little happy periods. I used to like music and reading. But they also don’t interest me anymore. I don’t have a purpose in life. I spend most of my time reluctantly doing household chores, looking after my baby, and, I lie down and think. That also I can’t do properly, and my in-laws keep scolding me and calling me lazy. But I feel so tired. Now, the thing is, I don’t even want to look after my baby anymore. I didn’t even want him. What is wrong with me? What sort of a mother am I? I feel like killing myself now, but I don’t even have the guts to do so”!

Dr. Ashima Srivastava In Mental Health And Behavioural Sciences Clinical Psychology

Nov 08 , 2020 | 4 min read

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Simple Home Remedies For Loose Motions

Loose motions or Diarrhea is one of the most common ailments across every age group – from infants and mothers to the elderly. Diarrhea is the frequent passage of watery or loose stools across irregular intervals. There are many possible causes of Diarrhea. These include allergies, food poisoning, infections, and stress. As such, Diarrhea is merely a symptom of one of many possible causes. Most of the time, loose motions is not a serious problem and can be treated at home. Below, we've outlined 3 simple h

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Indian Diet Plan In Pregnancy

To make sure that what you eat helps your body and also helps you stay interested, spread out your food through the day by following different food ideas. You can mix and match the following depending on how much you can eat and whether you are vegetarian or non vegetarian.

Dr. Neera Aggarwal In Obstetrics And Gynaecology Nutrition And Dietetics

Nov 07 , 2020 | 4 min read

PCOD and PCOS - Symptoms, Causes, Differences & Treatment

Polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD) or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a syndrome that has taken modern world by storm. Polycystic ovarian disease or syndrome is a very common disease heard in today's younger generation. It is a must that young girls understand this disease at an early stage as well as its causes and future implications. It is a hormonal disorder with: Imbalance of the two female hormones estrogen and progesterone with estrogen taking the upper hand – menstrual irregularities, infer

Dr. Kamna Nagpal In Obstetrics And Gynaecology

Jun 30 , 2016 | 4 min read

25 Foods and 7 Day Diet Plan to Lower Triglycerides

Triglycerides are a type of fat present in the blood. But in the case of excess triglycerides, it gets stored in different body parts such as the belly, hip, and arms. Normal levels of triglycerides are less than 150 mg/dl. Increased levels of triglycerides are linked to heart diseases, especially in patients who have high levels of bad cholesterol (Low-Density Lipoproteins or LDL) and low levels of good cholesterol (High-Density Lipoproteins or HDL). Include healthy foods to reduce triglycerides.

Aastha Khungar In Nutrition And Dietetics

Jan 24 , 2022 | 4 min read

How Can you Beat Exam-Time Stress?

Stress is relative and volatile; it crops up whenever and wherever and sometimes goes away before we even take notice. Examination induced anxiety and stress is the most common of them all, leaving even the best of students feeling overwhelmed and underprepared. Examination related stress in students can be characterized by: High expectations from Self Parental pressures Competition amongst peers Irregular sleep routines Lack of familial and social support Overconsumption of “stress-reducing” foo

Dr. Ashima Srivastava In Mental Health And Behavioural Sciences Clinical Psychology

Feb 13 , 2017 | 3 min read

Are You Suffering from an Anxiety Disorder?

Your daughter is worrying too much about her exams that it is making her difficult to sustain attention and perform the best of her capability? Your relative is calling her daughter after every 5 minutes to check why has she got late? You are getting over conscious about your health on seeing your father being hospitalised for one year. The anxiety is making you feel that some major medical issue would hit you soon. Dr Saloni Gupta tells us how anxiety can make us feel gripped and give us a general

Dr. Saloni Gupta In Clinical Psychology

Mar 31 , 2017 | 2 min read

Are Suffering from Exam Anxiety or Exam Stress?

Exam stress or exam anxiety is something most students are familiar with. The butterflies you feel in your stomach right before you give an exam, the pressure to remember all that you have revised, the will to do the best that you possibly can- all are forms of exam anxiety. Exam anxiety can take two forms; one where it is a useful form of arousal that enables the student to perform better and the second where it takes over the student's mind and body and disables him or her from attempting any questions co

Dr. Ashima Srivastava In Clinical Psychology

Feb 20 , 2019 | 5 min read

How Reading is a Stress Buster

Everyone who reads might have noted how once you start reading a book, it takes you into another world synthesized out of words, imagination and interest. Reading gives every person a chance to interpret and imagine his or her own version of mental imagery of what has been described in the book, that is actually what separates it from a passive experience like watching a movie which doesn't leave much for your imagination. The mental effort required to read, interpret and imagine provides creative engagemen

Dr. Madhusudan Singh Solanki In Clinical Psychology

Feb 06 , 2020 | 1 min read

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