Prateek Sharma

Articles by Prateek Sharma

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  Apr 24, 2020

  Re-thinking productivity during the pandemic: Forced busyness is toxic; the will to achieve things must be organic

  Capitalist culture has created an illusion of productivity by falsely connecting it with happiness. In such a system, if one isn't productive, one doesn't deserve to be content.
  Psychology Mental health Happiness Capitalism productivity Success lockdown Pandemic FWeekend Forced labour coronavirus Coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus India busyness achievement relaxing off time coping idleness aversion destructive busyness
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  Mar 27, 2020

  Coronavirus outbreak poses rising mental health concerns, as experts develop therapeutic frameworks to meet the challenge

  Unfortunate outbreaks like the coronavirus pandemic are a lesson into public ableism as they provide an empathetic window into the lives of those who already live with psychiatric problems such as severe hypochondriasis (also known as illness anxiety disorder) and obsessive compulsive disorder.
  Mental health FWeekend HealthAndWellness coronavirus Coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus Pandemic psychological impact of coronavirus pandemic psychological well-being
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  Mar 12, 2020

  Talking politics to children: Hiding truths is futile; honest, sensitive conversations can help build empathy

  Talking to children is of utmost importance, not just to help them cope with what they may get exposed to directly or indirectly, but also to raise responsible, non-judgemental and inclusive human beings. If they are prevented from being exposed to conversations, they may become more vulnerable to biased information.
  Politics Violence Parenting children discrimination National Commission for Protection of Child Rights trauma CAA NRC Oppression FWeekend Shaheen Bagh mental trauma anti CAA protests CAA NRC Protests Jean Piaget
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  Feb 20, 2020

  The mental health cost of an economic slowdown in India: 'My hope is dying, I feel isolated and depressed'

  Many across the country are worried about the depleting state of the Indian economy. Despite being consoled by the Home Ministry, that it is temporary, the consequences of an unstable economy on psychosocial well-being cannot be overlooked.
  India World Health Organization WHO Mental health Economic slowdown Abhijit Banerjee FWeekend
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  Jan 07, 2020

  Mental health in a time of national turmoil: Amid CAA protests, building resilience is key to healing from trauma

  With the civil agitations and state crackdowns stretching over weeks now, could India be facing a possible mental health epidemic?
  India ConnectTheDots Mental health Public health CAA Resilience NRC FWeekend anti CAA protests
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  Dec 29, 2019

  In India, one in seven suffered from mental illness between 1990 to 2017, new large scale state-wise study reveals

  Between 1990 to 2017 one in seven people from the country have suffered from mental illness ranging from depression, anxiety to severe conditions such as schizophrenia, according to a study.
  India WHO Mental health mental illness Nimhans FWeekend Mental health research Global Burden of Disease Study Lancet Psychiatry
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  Nov 30, 2019

  Transgender Persons Bill 2019 may cause more psychological harm than good with its stance on certification, 'self-perceived' identities

  Psychology does not seem to agree with the regressive stand of the Transgender Persons Bill. The draft discusses the right to a ‘self-perceived’ identity, a term which is problematic in itself. Seeing gender identity as ‘self-perceived’ shows a collective failure to learn that identities are never perceived as separate entities, but rather lived
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  Oct 27, 2019

  Cognitive biases and false memories: The psychology behind fake news and their spread in India

  Fake news, a more systemised and tech-savvy methodology for rumours, has been strongly linked to people’s psychological mechanisms and their flaws, posing a danger to both individual and societal harmony.
  India Pakistan Dawood Ibrahim Psychology Priyanka Gandhi WhatsApp false memories Lynching FWeekend Fake news Alt News Cognitive biases
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  Oct 10, 2019

  On World Mental Health Day 2019, a look at how ignorance leads to pill-shaming and disempowers individuals

  The idea behind putting an end to pill-shaming is to support the individual’s right to take care of themselves using means that are valid, reliable and universal
  Psychology Mental health World Mental Health day psychiatry FWeekend Pill-shaming World Mental Health Day 2019 psychiatric medication Mental Illness Awareness Week World Mental Health Week World Mental Health Awareness Week
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  Jul 10, 2019

  Should therapy be political? Influence of social factors on mental health may make a case for such an approach

  Expressing politics through therapy ultimately means having a political opinion in the first place, before eventually recognising that the issues of the client who comes for therapy also have socio-political roots.
  Politics Gender Caste Identity Mental health Ideology mental illness therapy FWeekend marginalised mental health issues Susie Orbach Kartiki Keshkamat The Alternative Story Carol Hanisch