Many people have lost their equilibrium in the riots and trauma like the earthquake. Many of them become depressed. An episode of depression can be a devastating experience. This is so first because of the darkness and despair that pervades…
Last week we looked at the depression that Radha has. The depression may not have any apparent cause and may have a significant biological component. There is no medical test for depression. Heredity appears to play a role in the…
I am Rahul Shekhraj, a 28-year-old chartered accountant. My wife Radha works for a credit card company. Since the last 8 months, she has become extremely irregular in her work. She has taken leave for more days than she has…
My husband Vishal Sanghvi is an MBA with one of the leading petroleum companies in India. He has achieved a lot for the age of 31 years. HE is praised everywhere for his dedication and hard work. However, I stay…
I am Shivali Patel, a 27-year-old housewife. Due to the riots, our family has been in the house most of the time. I am unable to understand why these aggressive acts are going on for more than a month. It…
I am Rashmi Kartik, a 30 year old chartered accountant working in a multinational company. Since the past 2 years, I have phases when I am feeling very low. They stay for a period ranging from hours to 2 days…
This is a continuation of the previous two articles about the guidelines for parent counseling. Often it happens that parents find themselves ambivalent about how to interact with the child. They end up either scolding the child for their own…
Last week we looked at Valmik’s parents who need advice regarding parent couselling. We looked at some of the fundamentals of parent-child interactions. Some more basics are narrated here. The love that a parent has for a child is that…
My son Valmik, 7 years old, studies in the 2nd standard in an English medium school. In the school, they had arranged for a parent-counseling seminar. In the seminar, I found that most parents were like me, very unclear about…
In the wake of the recent horrors of the riots and looting in Gujarat, this article is written to give an insight into mob psychology. It is a very surprising fact that under the mob condition, an individual whom you…