Trauma

As COVID-19 cases dip, time to focus on non-communicable diseases, prioritise patients

The major risk factors contributing to NCDs involve unhealthy diets and lifestyles, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol misuse

Disability and the education system: Despite legislation, individuals face discrimination and trauma, leading to drop outs

Even as recent as 2019, a UNESCO report showed that more than 75 percent of children with disabilities in India are not in schools.

A decade after Japan's 2011 earthquake, many still hope for 'recovery' from trauma

More than 30 trillion yen (US$ 280 billion) has been spent on reconstruction so far in Japan. But while the government has charged ahead with new buildings, it has invested less in helping people to rebuild their lives, for instance, by offering mental health services for trauma.

Rituparna Chatterjee discusses her memoir The Water Phoenix, the complexities of child sex abuse, and healing

Chatterjee's The Water Phoenix is a disarmingly honest memoir, empathetic and nuanced in its telling, providing a space for the reader to reflect and grieve along with the writer.

Inflammation, pain, weaker immune system among toxic health effects of unresolved emotions

There is a link between unresolved emotions that are negative and unhealthy and mental health issues

Specially designed sleep interventions may alleviate PTSD risks in people with trauma, says new study

The study discovered that there is a time-sensitive window after experiencing a trauma where optogenetic intervention can help improve sleep duration and quality

Traumatic experiences during early childhood can affect the metabolism of generations to come, new study claims

These changes in the metabolites and related pathways and syntheses were also observed in the male offspring of these adult mice and not just for a single generation

For people living with trauma, the coronavirus outbreak can be a trigger, or familiar psychological territory

Trauma tampers with our ability to make sense of the world with the help of previously acquired templates. This is similar to living through a pandemic, where no one knows what events will transpire and what their outcomes will be.

A short history of helmets: For a game that can seriously maim, cricket introduced protection for the head at a belated stage

Helmets came into fashion in international cricket only in the 1980s. Before that, batting icons like Sir Donald Bradman, George Headley, Herbert Sutcliffe, Wally Hammod, Sir Garfield Sobers and hundreds of other batsmen never wore protective headgear, despite having to face fearsome bowlers

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.