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Psychology: Importance in the contemporary world

“What you think, you become, What you feel, you attract, What you imagine, you create.” - Lord Buddha Human mind comes across approximately 6,000 thoughts a day. These thoughts have the power  to shape the mental schema and behavior of a person on short as well as long term basis . Research statistics by WHO reveal that around 7.5 percent of the Indian population suffers from  some form of mental illness throughout their lives. Consequently, there is an evident increase in  significance of psychological interventions. Psychology is a scientific study of human mind and  behavior and traces its origin from 19th century Philosophy and Physiology. Various schools of  thoughts namely Structuralism(Focusing on mind as a physical entity ), Functionalism (Functions  of mind came into consideration), Behaviorism (Visible human behavior was assessed ), etc.  emerged in Psychology over time and paved way for various scrutinized concepts relating to  human mental Health (Watson,1913).  In the 21st