Dealing With Burnout In Law School
If you are in law school, you already know exactly how stressful law school can be. Especially students who have enrolled in the 5-year course have to endure excruciating amounts of hard work, competition and stress throughout the duration of...
Setting Boundaries At Work For Better Mental Health
For most professionals in the field of law, the workplace is perhaps one of the most important aspects in their day to day lives. Be it in litigation, or at a law firm, or working as an in-house counsel, the...
Exam Stress In Law School: Do’s & Don’ts
The time of examination at law schools can be truly difficult to cope with, especially for first and second-year law students, who are somewhat still getting used to handling such vast syllabi. In fact, for those who have refrained from...
Mental Health For Lawyers: A Growing Concern
What Is Mental Health? Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at...
Confirmation Bias In Courtrooms: How It Works
WHAT IS CONFIRMATION BIAS? A confirmation bias is cognitive bias that favours information that confirms your previously existing beliefs or biases. For example, imagine that a person believes left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people. Whenever this person encounters...
Psychological Autopsy – An Interesting Topic for Forensic Law Enthusiasts
The term “psychological autopsy” is exactly what it sounds like: a psychological profile to determine the mental state of someone who is already deceased. There are many reasons why a psychological profile may be conducted, with the most common one...
Mental Healthcare Act, 2017: Highlighting Important Provisions
Nearly four weeks of war and conflict in Ukraine is having devastating consequences on Ukrainians and migrants alike. Not only is the war disrupting critically-needed care and breaking already strained health systems, but the trauma, terror, and anguish is putting a massive strain on...
Is Boredom A Condition Or Symptom: All You Need To Know
Everyone experiences boredom at some point in their lives. Of course, we can all recall times when we were left without anything to do, when we weren’t interested in our surroundings or when we felt that our days were particularly...
The Importance Of Mental Health Education
Too often, adolescents (people ages 10-19–years old) are told they “have it easy,” or that they should enjoy being young while it lasts, before they enter “the real world” of bills to pay and jobs to show up for. Although adulthood is certainly marked by financial, professional and familial responsibilities, many of us...
Understanding Self Harm: An Overview
Self-harm is difficult to understand because it goes against the natural human instinct of self-preservation. Maybe that’s why some people react to it in a negative, judgmental way. They can’t imagine ever being in a state of mind where they...