World No Tobacco Day or Anti-tobacco day an annual event organized by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to highlight the risk associated with the use of tobacco, to convince people about the dangers of passive smoking, their family and their community. It is also important to advocate policies that reduce ...
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Parasomnia is a category of sleep disorder, which involves unusual or unnatural behavior, movements, emotions, perceptions, and dreams that occur while falling asleep, between sleep stages or during arousal from sleep. Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save informs us more about it in this article.ParasomniaDr. Devendra SaveDr. Save says:Parasomnia is a sleep ...
Read More »Addiction – Response to Emotional Pain
Here’s today’s post – Addiction – Response to Emotional Pain. Renowned addiction expert, Dr. Gabor Maté once said, “Addiction is not a choice anybody makes. It is a response to emotional pain.” Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save talks more about the problem.Addiction – Response to Emotional PainDr. Devendra SaveDr. Devendra ...
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Today, I would like to introduce you to a new topic – Alexithymia. You must be wondering what is this term – Alexithymia. Alexithymia is the difficulty in experiencing, expressing and describing emotional responses. Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save explains more about the condition in this interview.AlexithymiaDr. Save says:Researchers describe alexithymia as ...
Read More »Impostor Syndrome
Today’s post is on Impostor Syndrome. Eminent Psychiatrist, Dr. Devendra Save, tells us more about the ailment and how to address the same.Impostor SyndromeDr. Save explains, “Impostor Syndrome is a psychological pattern, in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being ...
Read More »Overcoming the Fear of Judgment
Today’s topic is Overcoming the Fear of Judgment. Many people fear how others judge them. We need to overcome this fear. Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save explains how.Overcoming the Fear of JudgmentDr. Devendra SaveDr. Save asserts, “Let’s face it – no matter what you do, people will judge you, whether ...
Read More »Deceptive Mental Illnesses
Today’s topic is Deceptive Mental Illnesses. The face of mental illness can be deceptive; hidden behind big smiles, wide eyes and exuberant expressions; forced into place to avoid detection. Dr. Devendra Save helps us understand the telltale signs of these issues with your family members and friends.Deceptive Mental IllnessesDr. Save ...
Read More »Making Healthy Choices for the Mind
Today, we post about Making Healthy Choices for the Mind. Steve Maraboli once said, “It’s up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.”Making Healthy ChoicesDr. Devendra SaveEminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save explains what Making Healthy ...
Read More »Mental Health Medicine – no shame in taking them
Today’s topic is Mental Health Medicine – no shame in taking them. There are myths surrounding the taking of mental health medicine. However, there is neither shame nor harm in taking them under a qualified practitioner of psychiatry. Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save explains the need for taking mental health ...
Read More »Unexpressed Emotions
Sigmand Freud once said, “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” Unexpressed Emotions is the topic for today and Eminent Psychiatrist Dr. Devendra Save explains the phenomenon and how to solve the problem on our own, in this post.Unexpressed EmotionsDr. ...
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