If you need help right now
If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, please contact someone who can help immediately.
- Tele-MANAS — 14416 or 1-800-891-4416. Free, 24 hours, in many Indian languages. Run by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- KIRAN — 1800-599-0019. Free, 24 hours, 13 languages.
- AASRA — +91 98204 66726. 24 hours.
- If there is immediate physical danger, call 112.
Please do not wait until you have finished reading this page.
What this site is
PsychologyGeet teaches about psychology. It exists so that a student can understand the subject well enough to be examined on it.
What this site is not
It is not a mental-health service. Nothing here is:
- a diagnosis, or a means of diagnosing yourself or anyone else;
- therapy, counselling, or any form of treatment;
- medical advice, or a reason to start, stop or change any medication;
- a crisis service, or monitored by anyone in real time.
No one reads this site's pages as they are being viewed. If you write to us, a person will read it — but that may take a day or more, and this must never be your route to urgent help.
Reading about a disorder is not being assessed for one
Chapters here describe psychological disorders in clinical terms, because that is what the syllabus requires. Reading a description and recognising yourself in it is extremely common, and it is not a diagnosis. Diagnosis is made by a qualified clinician, in person, over time, with information no webpage has.
If something you read here worries you about yourself or someone you know, that is a good reason to talk to a professional — a registered clinical psychologist, a psychiatrist, or your doctor.
Case material
Any case example used in teaching is illustrative. It is not a real identifiable patient, and it is not a template against which to measure yourself.