Karina Pandya

World Mental Health Day was first started in 1992 by on October 10th, an annual activity of the World Federation for Mental Health. World Mental Health Day was first started in 1992 by on October 10th, an annual activity of the World Federation for Mental Health. There were members and contacts from over 150 countries that were involved.and the main aim was to spread awareness and attention to mental illness and its major effects on peoples' life worldwide. While the first two years followed no particular theme, it was in 1995 that themes began to be used for this day. Women and Mental Health Children and Mental Health Mental Health and Human Rights Mental Health and Ageing Mental Health and Work 2002 The Effects of Trauma and Violence on Children & Adolescents Emotional and Behavioural Disorders of Children & Adolescents The Relationship Between Physical & Mental Health: co-occurring disorders Menta...

Few events in life can be as horrid as the Holocaust.   Millions of Hitler supporters were brainwashed into believing irrational thoughts. Governed with fear, his supporters became merely puppets for Hitler’s rage.   These are some of the detrimental effects of a herd mentality when everyone begins to think or act in a certain way, bowing to societal pressure and you naturally also begin to think and act in the same way. Did Hitler choose to act this way consciously or did he not?  We will never know. However, social psychologists over the years have researched these aspects of human behaviour. Have you ever wondered why you behave in a certain way when alone in a room? Or, maybe, wondered why you behave differently in a social set-up surrounded by friends or people who you didn't even know? You are the same person – but your behaviour DRASTICALLY changes! Psychology has had a fascinating journey, since the time it was introduced very little is known...