According to the Centre for Disease Control, developmental disabilities are a group of conditions that emerge in the developmental period and last throughout a person’s lifetime. These disorders are usually associated with impairments in physical, learning, language, or behaviour areas. …

Refugees demonstrate high rates of PTSD and other psychological disorders. The recent increase in forcible displacement internationally necessitates the understanding of factors associated with refugee mental health. While pre migration trauma is recognized as a key predictor of mental health outcomes of refugees and asylum seekers, but psychological effects of…

While social distancing is important at the moment to manage the spread of the deadly Coronavirus, it seems to be having a devastating effect on people’s mental health. The isolation and fear are not only escalating already existing mental distress but also resulting in the development of a wide range…

Mental Health difficulties faced by Children A large and growing number of children and adolescents worldwide, and specifically in India are facing various mental health difficulties. The Association for Children’s Mental Health (ACMH) has reported that 1 in 5 children and youth have some kind of diagnosable emotional, behavioural, or…

Child Psychology is one of the foundational aspects of the discipline of psychology. This is due to the kind of influence childhood has in shaping us as adults. Some of the ground- breaking theories in this regard are as follows: ATTACHMENT THEORY Working in a child guidance clinic in London…

Trauma experienced by Survivors Subjection of women to sexual violence, from eve-teasing to aggressive forms of sexual violence has been on a rise. One such form of sexual violence is acid attack- “intentional act of throwing acid on an individual with the intent of harming, torturing, disfiguring, injuring, or killing…

School, is a space and an environment which is a significant part of the most important years of a person’s life, the stage which holds implications on all dimensions of development. Across all societies of the world, the importance of education and schooling has been realised and is being promoted…

We all may have heard about the term “PTSD”…and may or may not know what it signifies! It is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event and is most commonly associated with warfare. But this debilitating condition can happen to anyone…

There are various interventions that have helped improve the quality of life for many individuals with an autism spectrum diagnosis. Some of them have been described below: Applied behavior analysis (ABA) ABA is used for describing programs that adhere to certain principles and not to any specific program or procedure. One…