Psychological Disorders
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Starseeds: The people who think they are aliens who have come to Earth to save humanity
Unlike ‘Earth souls’, who are said to reincarnate on Earth, starseeds believe they have reawakened from another planet to be born here.
Ken Drinkwater, The Conversation, Andrew Denovan, The Conversation & Neil Dagnall, The Conversation
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Cannabis can increase the risk of schizophrenia in young people even if they don’t use it very often
A recent review found that both high and low frequency cannabis users were six times more likely to develop schizophrenia.
Ian Hamilton, The Conversation & Mark Monaghan, The Conversation
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Why people with schizophrenia have trouble understanding metaphors
They’re likely to take phrases like ‘my home is a prison’ literally.
Felicity Deamer, The Conversation
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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What’s behind our appetite for self-destruction? Edgar Allan Poe might have known
It was only afterwards that psychology explained the kind of behaviour the legendary American writer exhibited.
Mark Canada, The Conversation & Christina Downey, The Conversation
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We know mental illnesses run in families but we still don't protect children
Even though they’re likely to be affected, people with mental health issues are often not asked about their children.
Sam Cartwright-Hatton, The Conversation