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Suicide beyond reasons

Suicide beyond reasons

The article is a review of a Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and intends to throw light on depression and associated health risks such as suicide among adolescents. Despite being lauded for its nuanced handling of suicide, the series provides a reductionist explanation to suicide and fails to address important aspects, namely - prevention.

Big Data: A Boon for Mental Health Care

Big Data: A Boon for Mental Health Care

Big data is encompassing most professions, and psychology isn't any different. The big data boom for psychology and psychologists holds a lot of potential- to provide care to people without access to it, to provide more efficient and tailor made services and to reach out to a lot more people; but this service isn't without its problems. This blog explores the emerging marriage between mental health care and big data and assesses its positives and negatives.