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Care for elderly people

  There is rapid growth of aging population in most of the society and they need quality mental health. Elderly people face numerous challenges due to the physical and cognitive limitations. Providing counselling to aging people is not to control instead to empower them to fight with mental ailments. The primary objective of counselling is to involve seniors in a process whereby they can be helped. Several counselling techniques seeks to allow them express their feelings about their lives without any attempt to impose the counsellor’s own ideas and views.   Elderly people seek advice of primary care physician first when they experience psychological problems like anxiety, depression. Elderly clients may complaint about sleep disturbance, headaches, loss of appetite, or weight change. Counsellors will comprehend their problems and prepare case report to what extent client symptoms are due to psychological factors and biochemical disturbance.   The general psychologic...

Weigh the merits and demerits of overthinking

Humans have complex brain structure. Their intellectual abilities are dissimilar and give unique recognition to human beings among all natural species on the earth. People constantly augment their thought processes, learning capabilities, concentration and attention to perform extraordinary activities. But some cognitive functions are challenging for people in resolving life issues. Overthinking as cognitive prowess may flash positive light in processing information, reach to logical conclusion but also lead to negative upshot in terms of triggering stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, or depression. Simply asserting, overthinking is a person’s mental process to think broadly about the problem, some topics or any circumstances. Unnecessary thoughts for any issue may deviate the brain and people can not concentrate on solutions to problems.  Many advocates of the concept of overthinking proclaimed that overthinking is useful to minutely appraise the problem from different ang...

Brain computer interface: Connecting brain to external device

Tagline: Wonders of smart brain in technical era In high paced technical ambit, numerous technological innovations are developed to benefit global people. To assist people in their agony and for smooth function in life, Brain computer interface (BCI) systems has made distinct place. BCI is a rapidly evolving technology that includes both hardware and software communication systems. BCI establishes great communication between the human brain and external devices like computers or robots. Its major role is to align brain signals with external devices to augment the lifestyle of humans. Fundamentally, the Brain computer interface enables users to converse through external devices using brain indicators that reveal actions or aims of the user. Key components of a Brain Computer Interface include signal acquisition, preprocessing (digitization), feature extraction, classification (using translation algorithm) and signal output (in the form of device commands). Brain-computer interface...

Spotlight on emerging realm of cyberpsychology: How virtual technology affects human behavior

  Tagline: Blending impact of digital media and human behavior Cyberpsychology recently gained attention of psychologists and is considered as a new arena of applied psychology. In the shed of cyberpsychology, psychologists and technologists minutely appraise the impact of online and virtual technology on human behavior and the way it is transformed. The Internet and social media  primarily focus on conducting research in the domain of Cyberpsychology. Cyberpsychologists are interested in scrutinizing the range of themes associated with social media that include video game and Internet addiction, social media anxiety, augmented reality, and personality syndromes. Technology is booming in the present scenario and it is positively or negatively impacting the human mind. The role of cyberpsychologists is also to examine the effect of technological progression on mental rehabilitation. They profoundly explore the benefits of therapy for the treatment of depressive symptoms and...

Stimulate brain cells through practicing yoga to enhance cognitive abilities

  Tagline: Yoga opens the path to empower brain functions Yoga is a primeval physical practice, originated from Indian land that intermingles mind, body, and spirit. Three major practices of yoga comprise physical postures, regulated breathing, and meditation which leave a positive impact on mental and physical well being of humans. There is a common consensus that yogic practices strengthen the human body to scuffle against a range of mental syndrome and physical illness. Recently experts have realized that yoga practices can powerfully augment brain cells and as a result, people may improve cognitive functions such as attention, learning, thinking, and perception. While practicing yoga, brain cells of a person get stimulated which can effectively transform brain structure and improve cognitive processes like memory, perception, attention, and learning. Yoga practices strengthen brain power and people may develop the ability to focus on their target, digest information easily,...

Tears are effect of intense reaction of specific situation

Tagline: Emotional tears are Omnipresent in response to extreme emotions Tears are common form of reflecting our emotive behavior. Emotional tears rise from strong feelings we experience in dissimilar situations such as empathy, agony, and attachment.   Emotional tears are helpful for mental and physical health.   We can easily perceive numerous examples of emotional tears. When cricketer won sensational one day cricket match, they jump with full of joy and releasing emotional tears.   Emotional tears comprised of high level of protein-based stress hormones as compared to basal and reflex tears. These tears are natural pain-relieving agents and serve as a therapeutic tonic to lessen health issues. Emotional tears are beneficial for humans in surprising ways. Emotional tears produced due to emotions may detox human body, clean irritants or dust of eyes and protect from eye infection. Another positive effect of emotional tears is enhancing mood of people when they a...

Self-appreciation magically narrows negative shades of life

  Tagline: Rewarding yourself for giant success Life is full of thrills and sorrows. It is a person’s ability to comprehend inner voice to overcome undesirable thoughts or glitches. Self-Appreciation is a significant thought to acknowledge the positive mental vigor within a person to deal with hurdles in personal or professional success. Normally, people develop negative opinions and struggle with situations without looking up to their inner positive abilities. People must focus on their prowess for mental wellbeing.   Minutely screening human life, as children enter in to teenage, they are exposed to diverse pleasant and grudging situations. Unpleasant situations grip teens more at this tender age and they may exhibit inimical emotions such as too much shame, hostile environment may cling to shortcomings or previous letdowns and wrong decisions in critical phases. Extremely critical of self, or ignoring inner traits makes a person mentally frail. Self-appreciation echoes ...