Men’s anxiety and other mental health issues
Scientific studies report that anxiety disorder is more common among women than in men. There are gender specific social teachings that contribute to mental health problems in both men and women.
11 October 2021, 18:00 PM
11 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Hypochondriac and OCD during the pandemic
The pandemic has significantly impacted overall mental health of the general population. Extent and severity of symptoms would vary from person to person, depending on the balance between adversities of life and available resources to cope with it.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Is post-partum depression real?
These changes in classification do not make post-partum depression unreal at all. This mental condition, although rare, does exist.
1 March 2021, 18:00 PM
1 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Mental health impacts of COVID-19
COVID-19 pandemic related mental health issues are an evolving multi-layered phenomenon that warrants appropriate attention and necessary action.
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
7 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Interpreter of maladies / Money, mind and behavioural addictions
Invention of ‘money’ is hard to trace back, but historians believe metal objects were first used as money before the time of written history.
9 March 2020, 18:00 PM
9 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Lies and liars
Well-orchestrated systemic historical lies are used to oppress others. Lies repeated over and over again becomes perceived truth to the public. Those lies are used deliberately for political gains. Culturally accepted lies (e.g. in our culture, people lie about age all the time) allow people to cater more lies.
27 January 2020, 18:00 PM
27 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Interpreter of maladies / The depressed millennials
It is one of the most common things being discussed nowadays — millennials and depression. Being one of the most highly educated generations that grew up with the technological wave, it should not be so. Then again, it is the same generation that went through a global recession in their growing years, no matter which country they hail from. As the generation is more aware of mental illness, they are also addressing their various mental health issues.
25 November 2019, 18:00 PM
25 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Interpreter of maladies / Parenting and LGBTQA+
Just a generation back, parenting seemed simpler and anything could be handled with a sound scolding and an occasional smack or two. For parents of current times, things have become more complicated than ever.
28 October 2019, 18:00 PM
28 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Mob Behaviour
A very disturbing trend of violent mob behaviour has erupted in some parts of the country lately. Lynching a woman over a rumour of child abduction is quite unnerving for any normal person.
26 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Impact of addiction on family and society
Addiction is a bio-psycho-social disease, meaning genetic predisposition interacts with certain social and psychological factors to manifest the disease, which could otherwise have remained dormant for the rest of someone’s life.
19 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Job satisfaction
Culture is powerful because it is so deeply entrenched in the psyche and lifestyle of a population that it becomes very difficult to name it, separate or identify it even though we know it exists. Culture of a population is palpable at every area of life including workplace.
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Healing from grief
Many people today do not know how to grieve in a healthy way. In a fast paced society, people often have no time to allow this natural process to complete its course.
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM
“She asked for it”
Sexual violence against women is often justified by putting blame on women. If a woman gets sexually assaulted, the whole of society tends to point fingers at the woman.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Sexual violence
To understand sexual violence, it might be helpful to shed some light on sexuality and gender first, which are often the underlying issues of sexual violence. Being cognisant of the fact that sexuality and gender are both very complex and vast subjects, I'll only touch on issues relevant to this topic.
23 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Childhood romances: The two sides of the same coin
Childhood romance has bitter sweet aspects to it. By childhood, I mean age groups of young children, preadolescents, pre-teens and early teens.
18 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Addiction, love and recovery
Substance abuse disorder can destroy different areas of life in various degrees, depending on the nature and extent of the disease.
31 December 2018, 18:00 PM
What's in a wedding?
Traditionally, the celebration of a union of two lives, weddings can have religious (nikah), social (receptions), and cultural (holud) aspects, at times, with an added financial one (dowry!), depending on the families involved.
19 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Impacts of excessive sadness
Humans are emotional beings, meaning that a wide range of emotions are normal in human experiences, some of which are called negative emotions and some are called positive, depending on the kind of physiological response it evokes.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Lessons on morality
Morality is a heavily loaded contentious topic. We can explore it carefully to examine its benefits and drawbacks at individual, community or social level.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Addiction: the silent catastrophe
Addiction is a common problem that silently haunts many families around the world. Ignorance, secrecy and social stigma make this problem worse with consequent shame and isolation. Addiction is often defined as a pathological relationship with an external mood-altering agent despite all the negative consequences it brings.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Dealing with Stress
Stress is part and parcel of modern life and it isn't necessarily a bad thing. Positive stress motivates us and helps us to get things done. I suspect most of us would be living a vegetative life if there were no internal or external stressors at all to deal with! However, stress becomes negative when it demands too much personal and
25 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Fixing a broken marriage
If we look at the history of marriage, it appears that back in the 18th century, marriage was mostly an economic arrangement. Marriage was used to manage wealth through merging properties of two families and then ensuring it through inheritance laws. Marriage also played a vital role in maintaining social class and adhering to the same social group (e.g. Brahman marrying Brahman or rich marrying rich etc.). In
7 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Geriatric care — life after retirement
The average lifespan has increased in Bangladesh which means more people are now living in their 70's, 80's and 90's.
3 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Interpreter of maladies
Q. Youngsters are very much into 'slumber parties.' Even we had them in our teen days but that was more than one and a half decade ago. How should parents handle the demand for night outs by girls and boys? Is it necessary, does it have good aspects to it, or is it all bad?
8 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Parenting skills
Parenting is quite a challenging job that most of us sign up for without even realising the responsibilities and pains attached to it.
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Interpreter of maladies
Q. For quite some time now, I am getting intrusive thoughts especially at the end of the night. I have developed
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Society’s slings and arrows
I have extreme claustrophobia which reaches a point when I can't even get into an elevator with more than four people in it.
9 March 2015, 18:00 PM