Archives

In recent times, craft and specialty beverages (alcoholic) have gained immense popularity, luring more and more people to go on benders every weekend. However, these drinks contain two to three times more alcohol than regular beverages. Therefore, it can compound the risk of physical and mental health problems. Craft beer is a local beverage produced…

During the launch of his debut book “If I’m honest”, Indian-American model and actor Siddhartha Mallya talked about his struggle with depression and how he has been living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Son of Indian liquor baron and now fugitive Vijay Mallya, Siddhartha was diagnosed with depression in 2016 and later on, he was…

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive-disorder (OCD) are two mental health conditions that can be overbearing and affect individuals in a significant way. And although they seem to carry similar symptoms, ADHD and OCD are different conditions and characterized by basic dissimilarities. ADHD affects an individual how he or she relates to the external…

Bollywood’s rendezvous with drug addiction is not new, although swept under the carpet for long. The entire ongoing hullabaloo on Aryan Khan’s detention by the NCB on drug charges (not yet proved) is bringing the focus back into the issues of drug use by Bollywood personalities. Several actors in the past had opened up on…

People often get confused between OCD and OCPD and tend to use these terms interchangeably. However, these are two different terms and two very distinct disorders. While OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder is characteristics by two sets of symptoms referred to as obsessions and compulsions, OCPD or obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a serious personality disorder governed…